Etowah : the political history of a chiefdom capital /
This is a detailed reconstruction of the waxing and waning of political fortunes among the chiefly elites at an important center of the prehistoric world. At the time the first Europeans arrived in the New World, thousands of earthen platform mounds dotted the landscape of eastern North America. Onl...
| Основен автор: | King, Adam, 1965- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
℗♭2003.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=235078 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Etowah. |
| Резюме: |
This is a detailed reconstruction of the waxing and waning of political fortunes among the chiefly elites at an important center of the prehistoric world. At the time the first Europeans arrived in the New World, thousands of earthen platform mounds dotted the landscape of eastern North America. Only a few of the mound sites have survived the ravages of time and the devastation of pilferers; one of these valuable monuments is Etowah, located near Cartersville in northern Georgia. Over a period of more than 100 years, excavations of the site's six mounds--and in particular Mound C--has yielded. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (ix, 178 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-174) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780817382001 0817382003 0817312234 9780817312237 |