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Lamar Archaeology: Mississippian Chiefdoms in the Deep South,
Author(s): Mark Williams (Editor), Marvin Smith (Contributor), David Anderson (Contributor), Daniel Elliott (Contributor)
- Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
- Publication Date: 31 Aug. 1990
- Edition: First Edition, First ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 0817304665
- ISBN-13: 9780817304669
Book Description
A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication Lamar Archaeology provides a comprehensive and detailed review of our knowledge of the late prehistoric Indian societies in the Southern Appalachian area and its peripheries. These Lamar societies were chiefdom-level groups who built most of the mounds in this large region and were ancestors of later tribes, including the Creeks and Cherokees. This book begins with a history of the last 50 years of archaeological and historical research and brings together for the first time all the available data on this early culture. It also provides an invaluable model for books about Southeastern Indian societies by combining purely descriptive information with innovative analyses, advancing our knowledge of the past while remaining firmly grounded in the archaeological evidence as fact. Contributors include: Frankie Snow, Chad O. Braley, James B. Langford Jr., Marvin T. Smith, Daniel T. Elliott, Richard R. Polhemus, C. Roger Nance, Gary Shapiro, Mark Williams, John F. Scarry, David G. Anderson, andCharles M. Hudson
Editorial Reviews
Review
“A welcome synthesis of current Mississippi period research from an area outside the traditional Mississippian heartland.”—American Anthropologist
About the Author
Mark Williams, senior academic professional in Anthropology at the University of Georgia, specializes in Georgia archaeology and ethnohistory. He is coauthor of Lamar Archaeology with Gary Shapiro, and A World Engraved with Dan Elliott. He is also director of the UGA Laboratory of Archaeology.
