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Title Light on the path : the anthropology and history of the southeastern Indians / edited by Thomas J. Pluckhahn and Robbie Ethridge.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 283 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note "Contains much of the proceedings of a day-long symposium honoring Charles Hudson on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Georgia."--Preface.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-269) and index.
Contents Introduction / Thomas J. Pluckhahn [and others] -- The nature of Mississippian regional systems / David J. Hally -- Lithics, shellfish, and beavers / Mark Williams and Scott Jones -- The Cussita migration legend : history, ideology, and the politics of mythmaking / Steven C. Hahn -- Coalescent societies / Stephen A. Kowalewski -- "A bold and warlike people" : the basis of Westo power / Eric Bowne -- New light on the Tsali affair / William Martin Jurgelski -- "A sprightly lover is the most prevailing missionary" : intermarriage between Europeans and Indians in the eighteenth-century South / Theda Perdue -- The historic period transformation of Mississippian societies / Adam King -- Bridging prehistory and history in the southeast : evaluating the utility of the acculturation concept / John E. Worth -- Creating the shatter zone : Indian slave traders and the collapse of the southeastern chiefdoms / Robbie Ethridge.
Summary A seamless social history of the native peoples of the American South, bridging prehistory and history. ℗¡ The past 20 years have witnessed a change in the study of the prehistory and history of the native peoples of the American South. This paradigm shift is the bridging of prehistory and history to fashion a seamless social history that includes not only the 16th-century Late Mississippian period and the 18th-century colonial period but also the largely forgotten--and critically important--century in between.℗¡ The shift is in part methodological, for it involves combining methods from anthrop.
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Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Mississippian culture -- Southern States.
Mississippian culture.
Southern States.
Chiefdoms -- Southern States.
Chiefdoms.
Indians of North America -- Southern States -- History.
Indians of North America.
History.
Indians of North America -- Southern States -- Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Southern States -- History.
Southern States -- Antiquities.
Indexed Term Hudson
Southeastern indians
Archaeological
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Festschriften.
Festschriften.
Added Author Hudson, Charles M.
Pluckhahn, Thomas J. (Thomas John), 1966-
Ethridge, Robbie Franklyn, 1955-
Other Form: Print version: Light on the path. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2006 0817315004 (DLC) 2005019255 (OCoLC)60856107
ISBN 9780817384197 (electronic book)
0817384197 (electronic book)
0817315004
0817352872
9780817315009
9780817352875