Archaic earthworks of the lower Mississippi Valley : interpretations from the field /

In the decades since the recognition of Archaic mounds in the Lower Mississippi Valley, archaeologists have proposed many different, and often opposing, interpretations of their meaning, physical, social, residential and sacred uses are among the field's top explanations, but these are far from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gibson, Jon L. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Mounds > Mississippi River Valley. Mississippi River Valley > Antiquities. Earthworks (Archaeology) > Mississippi River Valley. Social archaeology > Mississippi River Valley.

Table of Contents:

Lots of Questions, Never Enough Answers
Archaic Mounds in Review
Chronology Unabridged
Reluctant Details: Poverty Point Construction
Building Progression and Mound Stages
Cosmic Mounds
Archaic Earthworks Lacking the MTV Layout
Building Big and Tall
Working on the Big Mound
Onset of Community
The Great Mounds: Beginning or End?
Middle Archaic Sociality and Authority
Poverty Point Sociality: A People Divided
Monuments for the Ages
Venerable Mound Building in Retrospect.