Format:
1 online resource (558 pages)
ISBN:
9780817384296
Series Statement:
Classics Southeast Archaeology Ser
Content:
A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication A classic resource on early knowledge of prehistoric mounds and the peoples who constructed them in the eastern United States. With this accessible volume, Henry Clyde Shetrone made available to general readers the archaeological research data and conclusions concerning the ancient mounds and earthworks that dot the landscape of eastern North America. Dismissing popularly held theories of mysterious giants who built these structures, he explained that their purposes were defensive and ceremonial, that they had been used for habitation, burial, and worship. Their builders were antecedents of the native peoples of present-day America and had been skilled artisans and engineers with successful agricultural practices and structured leadership. Twenty chapters discuss aspects of mound-builder cultures: quarrying of flint and obsidian for knapping into points; mining of copper and iron and its fashioning into tools and ceremonial objects; spinning and weaving materials and methods; smoking customs; carving of calumets and their use in ceremony; freshwater pearls and other items for body ornamentation; and the use of stone burial vaults, cremation basins, and concepts of an afterlife. Data is presented from excavations ranging broadly from Massachusetts to Florida and from Texas to North Dakota. As Bradley Lepper points out in his new introduction, "The Mound-Builders is a testament to Shetrone's success at working towards 'correlation and systematization' of data, as well as public education. . . . Shetrone was no armchair popularizer. His work was based on years of excavation and first-hand familiarity with much of the data. His popularizations [still] echo with the ring of the shovel and trowel in gravelly soil.".
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction to the 2004 Edition -- Introduction -- Chapter I: Early Theories as to Origin and Identity -- Chapter II: Distribution and Classification of the Mounds -- Chapter III: Architecture and Engineering -- Chapter IV: Agriculture, Commerce, and Industry -- Chapter V: The Mound-Builder Burial Complex -- Chapter VI: The Mound-Builder as Artist -- Chapter VII: Tobacco Pipes and Smoking Customs -- Chapter VIII: The Ohio Area: I, The Adena and Fort Ancient Cultures -- Chapter IX: The Ohio Area: II, The Hopewell Culture -- Chapter X: The Ohio Area: III, Fortifications and Effigy Mounds -- Chapter XI: The Ohio Area: IV, Marginal Subareas -- Chapter XII: A Tour of the Ohio Mound Area -- Chapter XIII: The Great Lakes Area -- Chapter XIV: The Upper Mississippi Area: I, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and The Dakotas -- Chapter XV: The Upper Mississippi Area: II, Northern Illinois, Iowa, and Marginal Districts -- Chapter XVI: The Lower Mississippi Area: I, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky and Tennessee, Southern Missouri, and Arkansas -- Chapter XVII: The Lower Mississippi Area: II, Louisana, Mississippi, and Alabama -- Chapter XVIII: The Tennessee-Cumberland Area -- Chapter XIX: The Peninsular Area -- Chapter XX: Summary and Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817350864
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780817350864
Language:
English
Keywords:
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