Title Fit for war : sustenance and order in the mid-eighteenth-century Catawba Nation / Mary Elizabeth Fitts

Published Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen series Ripley P. Bullen series. Contents Introduction -- An ethnohistory of Catawba militarism -- Carolina -- Catawba -- "So warlike a disposition" -- Foodways and community organization at Nation Ford -- Hilly land -- Working groups and fashion signals -- Provisioning the nation -- Conclusion Summary This study reveals how Catawba settlement aggregation, refugee incorporation, and political coalescence affected the scale of interaction networks and communities in the lower Catawba River valley. It also defines the crucial strategies employed in response to food security crises, daily life, and the roles of both men and women. This study highlights the double-edged nature of strategies available to American Indian groups seeking to maintain political autonomy in early colonial period contexts Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Catawba Indians -- Catawba River Valley (N.C. and S.C.) -- History Indians of North America -- Catawba River Valley (N.C. and S.C.) -- History HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. Antiquities Catawba Indians Indians of North America SUBJECT Catawba River Valley (N.C. and S.C.) -- Antiquities Subject United States -- Catawba River Valley Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781683400172 1683400178

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