Pox, empire, shackles, and hides
Subtitle: the Townsend site, 1670-1715
By: Jon Bernard Marcoux
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780817317164; 9780817356286; 9780817384838
Subjects: Households; Excavations (Archaeology); Cherokee Indians; Antiquities; Dwellings; History
Description: Discusses the settlement and later abandonment of the Tuckaleechee towns of Cherokees in the later 17th and earlier 18th centuries by examining the archaeological record of their everyday lives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pox, empire, shackles, and hides : defining the English contact period in the Southeast, 1670-1715; title: The Townsend site : the archaeological embodiment of a shatter zone community; title: Potting traditions and household identities at Townsend; title: Space and time in the daily lives of Townsend households; title: Appendix A. Statistical methodology; title: Appendix B. Architectural data for Cherokee and Mississippian structures.