Reconstructing the human and natural environment of the Creek Indians in frontier Georgia,
Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, Robbie Ethridge illuminates a time of wrenching …

In the Beginning describes the basic methods and theoretical approaches of archaeology.
This is a book about fundamental principles written in a clear, flowing style, with minimal use …

NATIVE AMERICAN LANDSCAPES OF ST. CATHERINES ISLAND, GEORGIA Page 1 NATIVE
AMERICAN LANDSCAPES OF ST. CATHERINES ISLAND, GEORGIA I. THE THEORETICAL …

A tremendous amount of research on Hopewellian societies in the Northern Woodlands of
the United States has been conducted within the last decade. This article summarizes the …

Platform mounds and plazas have a 5000-year-long history in the eastern United States but
are often viewed through the lens of late prehistoric and early historic understandings of …

Abstract The Mississippi River provides an opportunity to examine models of sediment
transport in large alluviated floodplain systems. We test the idea that sources of sandy …

Mississippian religion and polity from the eleventh through the seventeenth centuries were
not distinct institutions or organizations but were inseparable dimensions of lived …

Long-distance exchange of copper objects during the Archaic Period (ca. 8000–3000 cal
BP) is a bellwether of emergent social complexity in the Eastern Woodlands. Originating …

The quantification of fragmentary human remains offers a challenge for physical and
forensic anthropologists. Physical anthropologists frequently borrow methods and …

Recent animist and relational theories encourage us to analyze the forward‑looking,
experiential, and sensory aspects of monumentality. A salient characteristic of …