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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.

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
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2004.

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xliv, 508 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Classics in southeastern archaeology
Uniform Title
  • Project Muse UPCC books
  • Classics in southeastern archaeology.
Subject
  • Mound-builders > United States
  • Mounds > United States
  • Burial > United States
  • Grave goods > United States
  • United States > Antiquities
Note
  • "Originally published by D. Appleton and Company, 1930"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-496) and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 0817350861 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780817350864
LCCN
^^2003018557
OCLC
52942705
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library