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02439aam a2200361 i 4500 001 D0E46B30471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200204010450 008 190719s2019 lauab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019030120 020 $a 0807172030 020 $a 9780807172032 035 $a (OCoLC)1110674781 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YAM $d YDX $d CNCGM $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usm-- 050 00 $a E78 M75 G53 2019 082 00 $a 977 $2 23 100 1 $a Gibson, Jon L. $e author. 245 10 $a Archaic earthworks of the Lower Mississippi Valley : $b interpretations from the field / $c Jon L. Gibson. 264 1 $a Baton Rouge : $b Louisiana State University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xiv, 213 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 27 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-208) and index. 520 $a "In the decades since the recognition of Archaic mounds in the Lower Mississippi Valley, archaeologists have proposed many different, and often opposing, interpretations of their meaning: physical, social, residential, and sacred uses are among the field's top explanations, but these are far from the only proposed answers to the question of why the mounds were built. The culmination of over fifty years of research and study, Archaic Earthworks of the Lower Mississippi Valley is Jon L. Gibson's attempt to unpack the best explanations for these earthworks and the peoples who made them"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Lots of Questions, Never Enough Answers -- Archaic Mounds in Review -- Chronology Unabridged -- Reluctant Details: Poverty Point Construction -- Building Progression and Mound Stages -- Cosmic Mounds -- Archaic Earthworks Lacking the MTV Layout -- Building Big and Tall -- Working on the Big Mound -- Onset of Community -- The Great Mounds: Beginning or End? -- Middle Archaic Sociality and Authority -- Poverty Point Sociality: A People Divided -- Monuments for the Ages -- Venerable Mound Building in Retrospect. 650 0 $a Mounds $z Mississippi River Valley. 651 0 $a Mississippi River Valley $x Antiquities. 650 0 $a Earthworks (Archaeology) $z Mississippi River Valley. 650 0 $a Social archaeology $z Mississippi River Valley. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200204023330.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D0E46B30471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search