Ancient earthen enclosures of the Eastern Woodlands / edited by Robert C. Mainfort, Jr., and Lynne P. Sullivan.

Other author Mainfort, Robert C., 1948-
Other author Sullivan, Lynne P.
Format Book
Publication InfoGainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1998.
Description268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe Ripley P. Bullen series
Ripley P. Bullen series. ^A282201
Contents Explaining earthen enclosures / Robert C. Mainfort, Jr., and Lynne P. Sullivan -- Broken circles, owl monsters, and black earth midden: separating sacred and secular at Poverty Point / Jon L. Gibson -- Prehistoric enclosures in Louisiana and the Marksville site / Dennis Jones and Carl Kuttruff -- Defining space: an overview of the Pinson Mounds enclosure / Robert L. Thunen -- Boundaries, resistance, and control: enclosing the hilltops in Middle Woodland Ohio / Robert V. Riordan -- Architectural grammar rules at the Fort Ancient hilltop enclosure / Robert P. Connolly -- The archaeology of the Newark Earthworks / Bradley T. Lepper -- Is the Newark Circle-Octagon the Ohio Hopewell 'Rosetta Stone'? A question of archaeological interpretation / A. Martin Byers -- Defensive or sacred? An early Late Woodland enclosure in northeast Ohio / Stephanie J. Belovich -- The socioeconomic role of Late Woodland enclosures in northern Lower Michigan / Claire McHale Milner and John M. O'Shea -- Fortified village or mortuary site? Exploring the use of the Ripley site / Sarah W. Neusius, Lynne P. Sullivan, Phillip D. Neusius, and Claire McHale Milner.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-262) and index.
LCCN 98005507
ISBN0813015928 (c : alk. paper)