Bøger i Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series serien
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1.168,95 kr. Explores how native peoples of the Southeastern United States cooperated to form large and permanent early villages, using the site of Crystal River on Florida's Gulf Coast as a case study. Thomas Pluckhahn and Victor Thompson reanalyze previous excavations and conduct new field investigations to tell the whole story of Crystal River from its beginnings to its decline.
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1.143,95 kr. The emergence of village societies profoundly transformed social relations in every part of the world where such communities formed. Drawing on the latest archaeological and historical evidence, this volume explores the development of villages in eastern North America from the Late Archaic period to the eighteenth century.
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1.183,95 kr. Very little research has been published on the Archaic period shell mounds in the Middle Cumberland River Valley. Demonstrating that nearly forty such sites exist, this volume presents the results of recent surveys, excavations, and laboratory work as well as fresh examinations of past investigations that have been difficult for scholars to access.
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- Adaptation, Conflict, and Change
363,95 kr. An exploration of the role of human adaptation along the Gulf coast of Florida and the influence of coastal foraging on several indigenous Florida populations. This location includes remnants of a prehistoric Indian village and a massive ancient burial mound, known as the Palmer Site.
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433,95 kr. A much-needed synthesis of the rapidly expanding archaeological work that has taken place in the Moundville region over the past two decades, this volume presents the results of multifaceted research and new excavations.
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- 433,95 kr.
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- First-Contact Narratives from Spanish Expeditions along the Lower Gulf Coast
358,95 kr. Compiles all the major writings of Spanish explorers in the area between 1513 and 1566. Including transcriptions of the original Spanish documents as well as English translations, this volume presents - in their own words - the experiences and reactions of Spaniards who came to Florida with Juan Ponce de Leon, Panfilo de Narvaez, Hernando de Soto, and Pedro Menendez de Aviles.
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- Ceramics, Dining, and Cultural Exchange in Andalucia and La Florida
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1.693,95 kr. Uses archaeological and historical evidence to reconstruct daily life at Betty's Hope plantation on the island of Antigua, one of the largest sugar plantations in the Caribbean. The book demonstrates the rich information that multidisciplinary studies can provide about the effects of sugarcane agriculture on the region and its people.
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- Sixteenth-Century Assemblages in North America
1.338,95 kr. Brings together leading archaeologists working across the American South to offer a comprehensive, comparative analysis of Spanish entrada assemblages, providing insights into the sixteenth-century indigenous communities of North America and the colonizing efforts of Spain.
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- Everyday Ecologies and Economies at Morne Patate
1.213,95 kr. Examines the everyday lives of enslaved and free workers at Morne Patate, an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Caribbean plantation, helping document the under-represented history of slavery and colonialism on the edge of the British Empire.
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1.213,95 kr. Investigates the influence of Cahokia, the largest city of North America's Mississippian culture between AD 1050 and 1350, on smaller communities throughout the midcontinent. Christina Friberg examines the cultural give-and-take Audrey inhabitants experienced between new Cahokian customs and old Woodland ways of life.
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1.213,95 kr. Uses case studies to capture the recent emphasis on history in archaeological reconstructions of America's deep past, representing a profound shift in thinking about precolonial and colonial history and helping to erase the false divide between ancient and contemporary America.
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1.023,95 kr. "The Moundville archaeological site, located in Alabama, is well-known as a prime example of a Mississippian mound complex. Building upon the 1998 volume 'Archaeology of the Moundville Chiefdom,' this volume closes the information gap and presents the results of ongoing and multifaceted research into the life of the people of the Moundville chiefdom"--Provided by publishe
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- Archaeology and Conservation at Florida's Springs
1.093,95 kr. Investigates the importance of natural springs to ancient Floridians. Throughout their history, Florida's springs have been gathering places for far-flung peoples. Jason O'Donoughue finds that springs began flowing several millennia earlier than previously thought, serving as sites of habitation, burials, ritualized feasting, and monument building for Florida's earliest peoples.
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