Research Catalog

Title

The mound-builders; a reconstruction of the life of a prehistoric American race, through exploration and interpretation of their earth mounds, their burials, and their cultural remains, by Henry Clyde Shetrone ...

Author

Shetrone, H. C.

Publication

New York, London, D. Appleton and Company, 1930.

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Description

xx p., 1 ℓ., 508 p. col. front., illus. (incl. facsim.) maps (1 fold.); 24 cm.

Alternative Title

Reconstruction of the life of a prehistoric American race, through exploration and interpretation of their earth mounds, their burials, and their cultural remains

Subject

• Mound-builders
• Mounds > United States
• United States > Antiquities

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 491-496.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. I. Early Theories as to Origin and Identity -- Ch. II. Distribution and Classification of the Mounds -- Ch. III. Architecture and Engineering -- Ch. IV. Agriculture, Commerce, and Industry -- Ch. V. Mound-Builder Burial Complex -- Ch. VI. Mound-Builder as an Artist -- Ch. VII. Tobacco Pipes and Smoking Customs -- Ch. VIII. Ohio Area: I, Adena and Fort Ancient Cultures -- Ch. IX. Ohio Area: II, The Hopewell Culture -- Ch. X. Ohio Area: III, Fortifications and Effigy Mounds -- Ch. XI. Ohio Area: IV, Marginal Subareas -- Ch. XII. Tour of the Ohio Mound Area -- Ch. XIII. Great Lakes Area -- Ch. XIV. Upper Mississippi Area: I, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas -- Ch. XV. Upper Mississippi Area: II, Northern Illinois, Iowa, and Marginal Districts -- Ch. XVI. Lower Mississippi Area: I, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky and Tennessee, Southern Missouri, and Arkansas -- Ch. XVII. Lower Mississippi Area: II, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama -- Ch. XVIII. Tennessee-Cumberland Area -- Ch. XIX. Pennsylvania Area -- Ch. XX. Summary and Conclusions.

LCCN

^^^30022078^

OCLC

• 418108
• SCSB-10182739

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library