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Marginality and continuity : the archaeology of the northern Ozarks /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahler, Steven R.
Other Authors: Kreisa, Paul P., Edging, Richard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Springfield, Mo. (Missouri State University, 901 S. National, Springfield 65897) : Missouri Archaeological Society, 2010.
Series:Special publications (Missouri Archaeological Society) ; no. 9.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Missouri > Gasconade River Watershed > Antiquities.
Indians of North America > Missouri > Fort Leonard Wood > Antiquities.
Indians of North America > Missouri > Antiquities.
Indians of North America > Ozark Mountains Region > Antiquities.
Gasconade River Watershed (Mo.) > Antiquities.
Fort Leonard Wood (Mo.) > Antiquities.
Missouri > Antiquities.
Ozark Mountains Region > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Missouri > Gasconade River Watershed.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Missouri > Fort Leonard Wood.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Missouri.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Ozark Mountains Region.
Table of Contents:
  • Perceptions of Ozark marginality in the present and past
  • Methodological and theoretical considerations
  • Environmental setting
  • Perspectives on culture history
  • Paleoindian and initial settlement
  • The Archaic : regional expressions of cultural traditions
  • Continuity in occupation : the Early Woodland period
  • Regional contrasts in the Middle Woodland period
  • Transformation and tradition in the Late Woodland period
  • Final considerations of marginality and continuity.