The Chattahoochee chiefdoms
By: John H. Blitz and Karl G. Lorenz.
Contributors: Lorenz, Karl G. 1961-
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780817314941; 9780817352776
Subjects: Mississippian culture -- Chattahoochee River Valley.; Indians of North America -- Chattahoochee River Valley -- Kings and rulers.; Indians of North America -- Chattahoochee River Valley -- Politics and government.; Chiefdoms -- Chattahoochee River Valley.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Chattahoochee River Valley.; Chattahoochee River Valley -- Antiquities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Political and social integration in rank societies : a Mississippian case study; title: Mississippian political and social integration; title: Archaeology of the mound centers; title: The cultural chronology, A.D. 1100-1650; title: Archaeological measures of political integration; title: Archaeological measures of social integration; title: The rise and decline of the Chattahoochee chiefdoms; title: Research synopsis and theory synthesis; title: Appendix A: The multiple-mound-center excavations; title: Appendix B: The single-mound-center excavations; title: Appendix C: Pottery classification; title: Appendix D: Seriation methods.