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Light on the path the anthropology and history of the southeastern Indians

Title
Light on the path [electronic resource] : the anthropology and history of the southeastern Indians / edited by Thomas J. Pluckhahn and Robbie Ethridge.
Publication
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Hudson, Charles M.
  • Pluckhahn, Thomas J. (Thomas John), 1966-
  • Ethridge, Robbie Franklyn, 1955-
Description
1 online resource (xi, 283 p.) : ill., maps.
Uniform Title
Light on the path (Online)
Subject
  • Mississippian culture > Southern States
  • Chiefdoms > Southern States
  • Indians of North America > Southern States > History
  • Indians of North America > Southern States > Antiquities
  • Southern States > History
  • Southern States > Antiquities
Note
  • "Contains much of the proceedings of a day-long symposium honoring Charles Hudson on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Georgia."--Pref.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-269) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction / Thomas J. Pluckhahn ... [et al.] -- The nature of Mississippian regional systems / David J. Hally -- Lithics, shellfish, and beavers / Mark Williams and Scott Jones -- The Cussita migration legend : history, ideology, and the politics of mythmaking / Steven C. Hahn -- Coalescent societies / Stephen A. Kowalewski -- "A bold and warlike people" : the basis of Westo power / Eric Bowne -- New light on the Tsali affair / William Martin Jurgelski -- "A sprightly lover is the most prevailing missionary" : intermarriage between Europeans and Indians in the eighteenth-century South / Theda Perdue -- The historic period transformation of Mississippian societies / Adam King -- Bridging prehistory and history in the southeast : evaluating the utility of the acculturation concept / John E. Worth -- Creating the shatter zone : Indian slave traders and the collapse of the southeastern chiefdoms / Robbie Ethridge.
LCCN
2005019255
OCLC
ssj0000591614
Title
Light on the path [electronic resource] : the anthropology and history of the southeastern Indians / edited by Thomas J. Pluckhahn and Robbie Ethridge.
Imprint
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-269) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Hudson, Charles M.
Pluckhahn, Thomas J. (Thomas John), 1966-
Ethridge, Robbie Franklyn, 1955-
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