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Author:

Hally, David J.

Title:

King : the social archaeology of a late Mississippian town in northwestern Georgia / David J. Hally.

Publisher:

University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxv, 589 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Subject:

King Site (Ga.)
Indians of North America--Georgia--Antiquities.
Social archaeology--Georgia.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Georgia.
Mississippian culture--Georgia.
Indians of North America--Georgia--Social conditions--16th century.
Social status--Georgia--History--16th century.
Households--Georgia--History--16th century.
Community life--Georgia--History--16th century.
Spaniards--Georgia--History--16th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-573) and index. Disc contains appendixes.

Contents:

The nature of Mississippian society -- The natural, cultural, and historical context of the King Site -- Site excavations -- Domestic architecture -- Public architecture -- Burial descriptions -- Household and community -- Analysis of burial attribute associations -- Artifact co-occurrences -- Artifact co-occurrences among adult males -- Community and polity in northwestern Georgia -- Contents of accompanying compact disc: Appendix A: Description of primary domestic structures; Appendix B: Description of rectangular structures; Appendix C: Burial data; Appendix D: Stratigraphic characteristics of disturbed, intrusive, and multiple burials; Appendix E: Age and sex identification of burials; Appendix F: Burial assignment of grave goods in multiple and intrusive burials; Appendix G: Location of burials; Appendix H: Location of postholes and features.

ISBN:

081738121X (electronic)
9780817381219 (electronic)
0817354603 (paper : alk. paper)
9780817354602 (paper : alk. paper)
0817316043 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780817316044 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007050784

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)