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Author:
Gallivan, Martin D., 1968- author.
Title:
The Powhatan landscape : an archaeological history of the Algonquian Chesapeake / Martin D. Gallivan ; foreword by Victor D. Thompson.
Publisher:
University Press of Florida,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xxii, 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Powhatan Indians--History.
Powhatan Indians--Social life and customs.
Indians of North America--Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)--History.
Indians of North America--Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)--Social life and customs.
Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)--History.
Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)--Social life and customs.
Indians of North America.
Indians of North America--Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Powhatan Indians.
Powhatan Indians--Social life and customs.
United States--Chesapeake Bay Region.
History.
Other Authors:
Thompson, Victor D., author of foreword.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-253) and index.
Contents:
Dwelling in Tsenacomacoh -- Mapping the terrain -- Placemaking in the Algonquian Chesapeake -- Arrival in the wide land -- The coarse-pounded corn people -- The place of the antler wearers -- Persistent places in colonial Tsenacomacoh.
Summary:
"This study examines the Chesapeake area landscape from the Virginia Algonquian perspective, including its use for hunting, ceremonial worship, settlement, and pilgrimage"--Provided by publisher.
Series:
Society and ecology in island and coastal archaeology
ISBN:
0813062861
9780813062860
OCLC:
(OCoLC)954200074
LCCN:
2016015362
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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