Mississippian towns and sacred spaces : searching for an architectural grammar / edited by R. Barry Lewis and Charles Stout.

Other author Lewis, R. Barry.
Other author Stout, Charles B.
Format Book
Publication InfoTuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Mississippian culture.
Mississippian architecture.
Urban Indians--North America. --Southern States.
Urban Indians--North America. --Mississippi River Valley.
Sacred space--Southern States.
Sacred space--Mississippi River Valley.
Southern States--Antiquities.
Mississippi River Valley--Antiquities.

Contents The design of Mississippian towns / R. Barry Lewis, Charles Stout, and Cameron B. Wesson -- Town structure at the edge of the Mississippian world / Claudine Payne and John F. Scarry -- The nature of Mississippian towns in Georgia: the King site example / David J. Hally and Hypatia Kelly -- Mississippian towns in the eastern Tennessee valley / Gerald F. Schroedl -- Mississippian sacred landscapes: the view from Alabama / Cameron B. Wesson -- Mississippi period mound groups and communities in the lower Mississippi valley / Tristram R. Kidder -- Mississippian towns in Kentucky / Charles Stout and R. Barry Lewis -- Towns along the lower Ohio / Jon Muller -- The Mississippian town plan and cultural landscape of Cahokia, Illinois / Scott J. Demel and Robert L. Hall -- The town as metaphor / R. Barry Lewis and Charles Stout.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-291) and index.
LCCN 98019772
ISBN0817309470

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E99.M6815 M575 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold