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The Native American tribes of what is now the Southeastern United States left intriguing relics of their ancient cultural life. Arrowheads, spearpoints, stone tools, and other artifacts are found in newly plowed fields, on hillsides after a fresh rain, or in washed-out creekbeds. These are tangible clues to the anthropology of the Paleo-Indians, and the highly developed Mississippian peoples.
This indispensable guide to identifying and understanding such finds is for conscientious amateur archeologists who make their discoveries in surface terrain. Many are eager to understand the culture that produced the artifact, what kind of people created it, how it was made, how old it is, and what its purpose was.
Here is a handbook that seeks identification through the clues of cultural history. In discussing materials used, the process of manufacture, and the relationship between the artifacts and the environments, it reveals ancient discoveries to be not merely interesting trinkets but by-products from the once vital societies in areas that are now Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, the Carolinas, as well as in southeastern Texas, southern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana.
The text is documented by more than a hundred drawings in the actual size of the artifacts, as well as by a glossary of archeological terms and a helpful list of state and regional archeological societies.
Seeking to identify through the clues of cultural history, this handbook discusses materials used, the processes of manufacture, and the relationship between the artifacts and the environments, revealing ancient discoveries to be not merely interesting trinkets--but by-products from the once vital societies in the area now known as the American Southeast. Drawings.
| Illustrations | 7 | |
| Preface | 11 | |
| Acknowledgments | 13 | |
| 1 | Some Basic Principles of Archaeology | 17 |
| 2 | The First Immigrants | 30 |
| 3 | The Paleo-Indians | 40 |
| 4 | The Archaic Stage | 48 |
| 5 | The Woodland Stage | 62 |
| 6 | The Mississippian Stage | 71 |
| Glossary | 77 | |
| App. A. Additional Projectile Points | 81 | |
| App. B. State Archaeologists in the Southeast | 83 | |
| App. C. Museums with Southeastern Archaeological Collections | 87 | |
| Bibliography | 103 | |
| Index | 113 |
Anonymous
Posted November 25, 2012
Im one for history, but unfortunatly this was very boring. It was so boring i couldnt finish the sample!
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The Native American tribes of what is now the Southeastern United States left intriguing relics of their ancient cultural life. Arrowheads, spearpoints, stone tools, and other artifacts are found in newly plowed fields, on hillsides after a fresh rain, or in washed-out creekbeds. These are tangible clues to the anthropology of the Paleo-Indians, and the highly developed Mississippian peoples.
This indispensable guide to identifying and understanding such finds is for ...