Mary Lucas Powell

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Towns and Temples Along the Mississippi

University of Alabama Press

A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication

Specialists from archaeology, ethnohistory, physical anthropology, and cultural anthropology bring their varied points of view to this subject in an attempt to answer basic questions about the nature and extent of social change within the time period.

  • Copyright year: 1990
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Of Caves and Shell Mounds

University of Alabama Press

Ancient human groups in the Eastern Woodlands of North America were long viewed as homogeneous and stable hunter-gatherers, changing little until the late prehistoric period when Mesoamerican influences were thought to have stimulated important economic and social developments. The authors in this volume offer new, contrary evidence to dispute this earlier assumption, and their studies demonstrate the vigor and complexity of prehistoric peoples in the North American Midwest and Midsouth.

  • Copyright year: 1996
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Bioarchaeological Studies of Life in the Age of Agriculture

A View from the Southeast

University of Alabama Press

Investigations of skeletal remains from key archaeological sites reveal new data and offer insights on prehistoric life and health in the Southeast

  • Copyright year: 2000
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What Mean These Bones?

Studies in Southeastern Bioarchaeology

University of Alabama Press

This volume addresses questions of human adaptation in a variety of cultural contexts, with a breadth not found in studies utilizing solely biological or artifactual data. These nine case studies from eight Southeastern states cover more than 4,000 years of human habitation, from Archaic hunter-gatherers in Louisiana and Alabama to Colonial planters and slaves in South Carolina.

  • Copyright year: 1991
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Archaeology of the Moundville Chiefdom

University of Alabama Press

Brings together nine Moundville specialists who trace the site’s evolution and eventual decline
 

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Bioarchaeology of the American Southeast

Approaches to Bridging Health and Identity in the Past

University of Alabama Press

A timely update on the state of bioarchaeological research, offering contributions to the archaeology, prehistory, and history of the southeastern United States

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Transforming the Dead

Culturally Modified Bone in the Prehistoric Midwest

University of Alabama Press

The essays in Transforming the Dead: Culturally Modified Bone in the Prehistoric Midwest explore the numerous ways that Eastern Woodland Native Americans selected, modified, and used human bones as tools, trophies, ornaments, and other objects imbued with cultural significance in daily life and rituals.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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