Title: Prehistory of the Central Mississippi Valley /
Authors: McNutt, Charles H.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Indians of North America Mississippi River Valley Antiquities Congresses.; Mississippian culture Congresses.; Excavations (Archaeology) Mississippi River Valley Congresses.; Excavations (Archaeology) Mississippi River Valley.; Mississippian culture; Indians of North America Mississippi River Valley Antiquities.; Mississippi River Valley Antiquities Congresses.; Mississippi River Valley Antiquities.
Abstract: The Central Mississippi Valley, defined as the region along the Mississippi River from where the Ohio River joins in the north to its confluence with the Arkansas River in the south, lies between the two most important archaeological areas of the Southeast: American Bottom/Cahokia and the Lower Yazoo Basin. The valley has been influenced by these major centers and has a complex history of its own. Contributions from experts throughout the region present current, if sometimes conflicting, views of the regional cultural sequences supported by data concerning recent surveys and excavations, as well as radiocarbon and chronometric determinations. By examining this new information and reevaluating earlier interpretations of local archaeological sequences, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of the valley and defines future research goal.
Contents: 1. Southeast Missouri / Robert H. Lafferty III and James E. Price -- 2. The Western Kentucky Border and the Cairo Lowland / R. Barry Lewis -- 3. The Reelfoot Lake Basin, Kentucky and Tennessee / Robert C. Mainfort, Jr. -- 4. The Mississippi River Drainage of Western Tennessee / Gerald P. Smith -- 5. Northeast Arkansas / Dan F. Morse and Phyllis A. Morse -- 6. East-Central Arkansas / John H. House -- 7. The Upper Yazoo Basin in Northwest Mississippi / Charles H. McNutt -- 8. The Central Mississippi Valley: A Summary / Charles H. McNutt.