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The search for Mabila : the decisive battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa
- Title
- The search for Mabila : the decisive battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa / edited by Vernon James Knight, Jr.
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2009], ©2009.
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- Additional Authors
- Knight, Vernon J.
- Description
- x, 277 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Alabama
- Choctaw Indians > Antiquities
- Spaniards > Southern States > History > 16th century > Congresses
- Choctaw Indians > First contact with Europeans > Congresses
- Southern States > Discovery and exploration > Spanish > Congresses
- Tuskaloosa, Chief > Congresses
- Soto, Hernando de, approximately 1500-1542 > Congresses
- Mabila, Battle of, Ala., 1540 > Congresses
- Spaniards > Southern States > Antiquities
- Note
- Papers originally delivered at the conference "The Search for Mabila : A Three-Day Multidisciplinary Workshop", held at the University of Alabama, Sept. 28-30, 2006.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-266) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / Vernon James Knight, Jr. -- Pt. 1. Background -- 1. An Account of the Battle of Maliba, by an Eyewitness / Luys Hernandez de Biedma / Edited by John E. Worth -- 2. The Battle of Mabila in Historical Perspective / Lawrence A. Clayton -- 3. How Historical Are the De Soto Chronicles? / George E. Lankford -- 4. The De Soto Map and the Luna Narratives: An Overview of Other Sixteenth-Century Sources / Kathryn E. Holland Braund -- 5. A Review of De Soto's Itinerary between Talisi and Apafalaya / Vernon James Knight, Jr. -- 6. The Village of Mabila: Archaeological Expectations / Ned J. Jenkins -- 7. What Indian Pottery of Sixteenth-Century Central Alabama Looks Like and Why It Matters / Amanda L. Regnier -- 8. What Do Spanish Expeditionary Artifacts of Circa 1540 Look Like and How Often Are They Preserved? / Gregory A. Waselkov -- 9. The Present State of Archaeological Survey and Site File Data for the Alabama River and Adjacent Regions / Craig T. Sheldon, Jr. -- 10. The United States and Alabama De Soto Commissions / Douglas E. Jones -- 11. Seeking Methods That Work / Vernon James Knight, Jr. -- Pt. II. Conference Results -- 12. A Comparative Analysis of the De Soto Accounts on the Route to, and Events at, Mabila / Robbie Ethridge, Kathryn E. Holland Braund, Lawrence A. Clayton, George E. Lankford and Michael D. Murphy -- 13. The Battle of Mabila: Competing Narratives / Kathryn E. Holland Braund -- 14. Tracing De Soto's Trail to Mabila / Eugene M. Wilson, Douglas E. Jones and Neal G. Lineback -- 15. The Archaeology of Mabila's Cultural Landscape / Gregory A. Waselkov, Linda Derry and Ned J. Jenkns -- Postscript / Vernon James Knight, Jr.
- ISBN
- 9780817316594 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0817316590 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780817355425 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0817355421 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780817382421 (electronic)
- 0817382429 (electronic)
- LCCN
- 2008050482
- 40016887817
- OCLC
- ocn276406206
- 276406206
- SCSB-5479436
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries