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Online-Ressource (376 p.)
ISBN:
9780817309121
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This major summary of the current state of archaeological research on the Swift Creek culture is the first comprehensive collection ever published concerning the Swift Creek people. The Swift Creek people, centered in Georgia and surrounding states from A.D. 100 to 700, are best known from their pottery, which was decorated before firing with beautiful paddle-stamped designs--some of the most intricate and fascinating in the world. Comprehensive in scope, this volume details the discovery of this culture, summarizes what is known about it at the present time, and shows how continued improveme
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; 1. Swift Creek Research: History and Observations; 2. Swift Creek Site Excavations: The Works Progress Administration and Black Labor; 3. The Northern and Eastern Expression of Swift Creek Culture: Settlement in the Tennessee and Savannah River Valleys; 4. Shrines of the Prehistoric South: Patterning in Middle Woodland Mound Distribution; 5. Swift Creek: Lineage and Diffusion; 6. Swift Creek Design Investigations: The Hartford Case; 7. Swift Creek Designs: A Tool for Monitoring Interaction
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8. Neutron Activation Analysis of Ceramics from Mandeville and Swift Creek9. Cultural Interaction within Swift Creek Society: People, Pots, and Paddles; 10. Swift Creek Phase Design Assemblages from Two Sites on the Georgia Coast; 11. Kolomoki and the Development of Sociopolitical Organization on the Gulf Coastal Plain; 12. Swift Creek Traits in Northeastern Florida: Ceramics, Mounds, and Middens; 13. 1973 and 1994 Excavations at the Block-Sterns Site, Leon County, Florida; 14. Santa Rosa-Swift Creek in Northwestern Florida; 15. Swift Creek in a Regional Perspective; References Cited
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ContributorsIndex;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817383190
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817309121
Additional Edition:
Print version A World Engraved : Archaeology of the Swift Creek Culture
Language:
English
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