Robert C., Jr. Mainfort Lynne P. Sullivan Jerald T. Milanich
This collection of essays is designed to revolutionize the way archeologists approach the study of enclosures, clearly illustrating the difficulties in interpreting these sites, and showing that their builders had widely diverse purposes. (Archaeology/Anthropology)
This collection of essays is designed to revolutionize the way archeologists approach the study of enclosures, clearly illustrating the difficulties i...
"A richly detailed edited volume that reexamines Mississippian mortuary practices in light of current anthropological and archaeological theoretical perspectives."--C. Cliff Boyd, Radford University
"Shows that instead of reflecting status, mortuary programs actually use the dead to refract, realign, and repurpose the roles and relations of the living."--Alex W. Barker, University of Missouri
The residents of Mississippian towns principally located in the southeastern and midwestern United States from 900 to1500 A.D. made many beautiful objects, which included elaborate and...
"A richly detailed edited volume that reexamines Mississippian mortuary practices in light of current anthropological and archaeological theoretica...
