"If you've ever questioned in regards to the Indian tribes who lived within the American Southeast on the time of ecu payment, this ebook is for you. . . . 11 of the nation’s best historic archaeologists take on 11 of the Indian international locations that occupied the territory from Florida to Texas. They comprise the very best recognized yet little-understood American tribes--the Cherokee, the Natchez, and the Caddo."--American Archaeology
"A significantly wanted precis of present wisdom of southeastern local americans throughout the colonial come upon. . . . For historians, archaeologists, and ethnohistorians, it is a priceless resource of data which used to be formerly tough to find."--Elizabeth J. Reitz, college of Georgia
"This very important quantity should be of curiosity to a person, no matter if pupil or layman, who desires to find out about the Indians of the southeastern usa. The authors are one of the most valuable professionals at the Indian societies selected for inclusion."--Chester B. DePratter, college of South Carolina
This quantity brings jointly a stellar staff of students to summarize what we all know of the improvement of local American cultures within the southeastern usa after 1500. The authors combine archaeological, documentary, and ethnohistorical facts within the so much accomplished exam of various southeastern Indian cultures released in decades.
Contents
Introduction by way of Bonnie G. McEwan
1. The Timucua Indians of Northern Florida and Southern Georgia, via Jerald T. Milanich
2. The Guale Indians of the decrease Atlantic Coast: swap and Continuity, via Rebecca Saunders
3. The Apalachee Indians of Northwest Florida, by means of Bonnie G. McEwan
4. The Chickasaws, via Jay okay. Johnson
5. The Caddo of the Trans-Mississippi South, by way of Ann M. Early
6. The Natchez of Southwest Mississippi, through Karl G. Lorenz
7. The Quapaw Indians of Arkansas, 1673-1803, through George Sabo III
8. Cherokee Ethnohistory and Archaeology, by means of Gerald F. Schroedl
9. top Creek Archaeology, via Gregory A. Waselkov and Marvin T. Smith
10. The decrease Creeks: Origins and Early background, through John E. Worth
11. Archaeological views on Florida Seminole Ethnogenesis, via Brent R. Weisman
This identify is released along with the Society for old Archaeology
Bonnie G. McEwan is director of archaeology at challenge San Luis in Tallahassee, Florida. Her courses comprise The Spanish Missions of l. a. Florida, The Apalachee Indians and undertaking San Luis (with John H. Hann), and diverse monographs and magazine articles.
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