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Native Americans before 1492, the moundbuilding centers of the eastern woodlands, Lynda Norene Shaffer

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Native Americans before 1492, the moundbuilding centers of the eastern woodlands, Lynda Norene Shaffer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-117) and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Native Americans before 1492

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

26395733

Responsibility statement

Lynda Norene Shaffer

Series statement

Sources and studies in world history

Sub title

the moundbuilding centers of the eastern woodlands

Summary

A survey of the pre-Columbian history of the eastern United States profiles three moundbuilding epochs: Poverty Point, Adena-Hopewell, and Chahokia and other Mississippian centers, and examines the subregions, outposts, and decline of the Chahokia

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Kevin Reilly -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Archaic Context from Which Moundbuilding Emerged -- 3. Poverty Point, the First Moundbuilding Epoch -- 4. Adena-Hopewell, the Second Moundbuilding Epoch -- 5. Cahokia and Other Mississippian Period Centers, the Third Moundbuilding Epoch -- 6. Subregions, Outposts, and the Decline of Cahokia -- 7. Conclusion

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