| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 359 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Catawba Valley ethnohistory and Catawba origins -- Upper Catawba Valley sites and ceramics -- Upper Yadkin Valley sites and ceramics -- Middle and lower Catawba Valley sites and ceramics -- Late prehistoric and early historic period Catawba Valley chronology |
| Summary |
An excellent example of ethnohistory and archaeology working together, this model study reveals the origins of the Catawba Indians of North Carolina. By the 18th century, the modern Catawba Indians were living along the river and throughout the valley that bears their name near the present North Carolina-South Carolina border, but little was known of their history and origins. With this elegant study, David Moore proposes a model that bridges the archaeological record of the protohistoric Catawba Valley with written accounts of the Catawba Indians from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, thus |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-344) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Catawba Indians -- Antiquities
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Catawba Indians -- History
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Mississippian culture.
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Temple Mound period.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Antiquities
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Catawba Indians
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Mississippian culture
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Catawba River Valley (N.C. and S.C.) -- Antiquities
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Yadkin River Valley (N.C.) -- Antiquities
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North Carolina -- Yadkin River Valley
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United States -- Catawba River Valley
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817382094 |
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0817382097 |
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0817312560 |
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9780817312565 |
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