An excellent example of ethnohistory and archaeology working together, this model study reveals the origins of the Catawba Indians of North Carolina.
By the 18th century, the modern Catawba Indians were living along the river and throughout the valley that bears their name near the present North Carolina-South Carolina border, but little was known of their history and origins. With this elegant study, David Moore proposes a model that bridges the archaeological record of the protohistoric Catawba Valley with written accounts of the Catawba Indians from the 17th, 18th, and 19th...
An excellent example of ethnohistory and archaeology working together, this model study reveals the origins of the Catawba Indians of North Carolin...
Robin A. Beck Christopher B. Rodning David G. Moore
"An insightful analysis of the excavations of the most exciting Spanish colonial site to be found in recent years."--Marvin T. Smith, author of Coosa: The Rise and Fall of a Southeastern Mississippian Chiefdom "A rich chronicle of the rise and fall of Spanish imperial ambitions in the North American interior."--Charles R. Ewen, coauthor of Hernando de Soto Among the Apalachee
Established in 1566 by Spanish conquistador Juan Pardo, Fort San Juan is the earliest known European settlement in the interior United States. Located at the Berry site in western North...
"An insightful analysis of the excavations of the most exciting Spanish colonial site to be found in recent years."--Marvin T. Smith, author of Coo...
