Time's river : archaeological syntheses from the lower Mississippi River Valley /

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Imprint:Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 552 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
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Other authors / contributors:Rafferty, Janet, 1947-
Peacock, Evan, 1961-
ISBN:9780817381127
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Summary:Serves as a resource for archaeologists working in the region extending from Louisiana through Mississippi north to Missouri and Kentucky. This title examines the matters of method and theory, the application of materials science, geophysics, and other tools in archaeology that provide for better data-recovery.
Other form:Print version: Time's river. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2008
Standard no.:9780817354893
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Reconsidering the archaeology of the lower Mississippi River Valley / Janet Rafferty and Evan Peacock
  • The Interstate 69 project in Mississippi : generation of an archaeological synthesis / John R. Underwood, James H. Turner, and Kevin L. Bruce
  • Archaeology in the lower Mississippi Valley / Robert C. Dunnell
  • Archaeological things : languages of observation / Robert C. Dunnell
  • Paleoenvironmental modeling in the lower Mississippi River Valley : past and future approaches / Evan Peacock
  • Settlement patterns, occupations, and field methods / Janet Rafferty
  • Prehistoric settlement in the lower Mississippi Valley : a critical review / Carl P. Lipo and Robert C. Dunnell
  • Absolute dating in the Mississippi Delta / James K. Feathers
  • Bioarchaeology in the Mississippi Delta / S. Homes Hogue
  • Through the lens of the lithic analyst : the organization of Mississippi Delta chipped-stone technologies / Philip J. Carr
  • Review of ceramic compositional studies from in and around the Mississippi Valley / Hector Neff
  • Ceramic petrography and the classification of Mississippi's archaeological pottery by fabric : a GIS approach / Michael L. Galaty
  • Faunal research in the Yazoo Basin and lower Mississippi Valley : setting parameters for future research in the I-69 corridor, Mississippi / H. Edwin Jackson
  • Paleoethnobotanical information and issues relevant to the I-69 overview process, northwest Mississippi / Gayle J. Fritz
  • Archaeological remote sensing research in the Yazoo Basin : a history and evaluation / Jay K. Johnson
  • Culture contact along the I-69 corridor : protohistoric and historic use of the northern Yazoo Basin, Mississippi / Ian W. Brown
  • Sad song in the Delta : the potential for historical archaeology in the I-69 corridor / Amy L. Young
  • Fording the river : concluding comments / Janet Rafferty and Evan Peacock.