Mississippian towns and sacred spaces : searching for an architectural grammar

Mississippian towns and sacred spaces : searching for an architectural grammar / edited by R. Barry Lewis and Charles Stout.

Other author/creator	Lewis, R. Barry.
Other author/creator	Stout, Charles B.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1998.
Description	xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Mississippian culture. Mississippian architecture. Urban Indians--North America --Southern States. Urban Indians--North America --Mississippi River Valley. Sacred space--Southern States. Sacred space--Mississippi River Valley. Southern States--Antiquities. Mississippi River Valley--Antiquities.

Contents	The design of Mississippian towns / R. Barry Lewis, Charles Stout, and Cameron B. Wesson -- Town structure at the edge of the Mississippian world / Claudine Payne and John F. Scarry -- The nature of Mississippian towns in Georgia: the King site example / David J. Hally and Hypatia Kelly -- Mississippian towns in the eastern Tennessee valley / Gerald F. Schroedl -- Mississippian sacred landscapes: the view from Alabama / Cameron B. Wesson -- Mississippi period mound groups and communities in the lower Mississippi valley / Tristram R. Kidder -- Mississippian towns in Kentucky / Charles Stout and R. Barry Lewis -- Towns along the lower Ohio / Jon Muller -- The Mississippian town plan and cultural landscape of Cahokia, Illinois / Scott J. Demel and Robert L. Hall -- The town as metaphor / R. Barry Lewis and Charles Stout.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-291) and index.
LCCN	98019772
ISBN	0817309470

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E99.M6815 M575 1998	✔ Available	Place Hold