The moundbuilders
Subtitle: ancient peoples of eastern North America
By: George R. Milner.
Series: Ancient peoples and places; Ancient peoples and places (Thames and Hudson)
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Mound-builders -- East (U.S.); Mound-builders -- Canada, Eastern.; Woodland Indians -- History; Woodland Indians -- Antiquities.; East (U.S.) -- Antiquities.; Canada, Eastern -- Antiquities.
Description: "The Moundbuilders covers the entire sweep of Eastern Woodlands prehistory, with an emphasis on how societies developed from hunter-gatherers to village farmers and town-dwellers. Great strides have been made in recent research and many of the most impressive mounds, such as Poverty Point, Cahokia, and Moundville, are described and discussed in detail." "This wide-ranging and copiously illustrated book, complete with a gazetteer of sites to visit, will be the perfect guide to the region for the archaeologist, student, tourist, and traveler."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. A heavily forested and thinly peopled land; title: 2. Mobile hunter-gatherers: Paleoindian and Early Archaic; title: 3. Sedentary hunter-gatherers: Middle to Late Archaic; title: 4. Builders of burial mounds and earthworks: Early to Middle Woodland; title: 5. Villagers facing great change: Late Woodland; title: 6. Chiefs come to power: Mississippian; title: 7. Northern villagers: Late Prehistory; title: 8. A trail of tears: Native American and European contact.