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Town Creek Indian Mound: A Native American Legacy » Read Now
by Joffre Lanning Coe. 368 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Written for visitors as well as for scholars, this book provides an overview of the site and the archaeological techniques pioneered there, surveys the history of the excavations, and features more than 200 photographs and maps. The book carefully reconstructs the archaeological record, including...
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Written for visitors as well as for scholars, this book provides an overview of the site and the archaeological techniques pioneered there, surveys the history of the excavations, and features more than 200 photographs and maps. The book carefully reconstructs the archaeological record, including plant and animal remains, pottery sherds, stone tools, and clay ornaments. In a concluding interpretive section, Coe reflects on what Town Creek and its artifacts tell us about this ancient Native American society.
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Ancient Earthen Enclosures of the Eastern Woodlands » Read Now
by Robert C. Mainfort Jr., Lynne P. Sullivan. 292 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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From Black Land to Fifth Sun: The Science of Sacred Sites (Chap. Nine "The Moundbuilders of Eastern North America") » Read Now
by Brian Fagan. 403 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

A prominent archaeologist uses the latest scientific techniques to interpret the spiritual lives of ancient people
Until Recently, Archaeology Was Concerned mainly with piecing together the material lives of our ancestors. In this groundbreaking book, master storyteller and respected archaeologist...
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A prominent archaeologist uses the latest scientific techniques to interpret the spiritual lives of ancient people
Until Recently, Archaeology Was Concerned mainly with piecing together the material lives of our ancestors. In this groundbreaking book, master storyteller and respected archaeologist Brian Fagan explains how cutting-edge science can now take us beyond the artifacts -- into the mystical realm of shamans and spirit mediums, ancestor worship, and ritual sacrifice. From the Nile's black land to the Aztec's world of the Fifth Sun, from Stonehenge to Jericho, Fagan describes how Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Geographic Information Systems, Computer Automated Design-mapping and other sophisticated scientific methods are helping us to decode the religious and spiritual beliefs of our forebears. This new "archaeology of the mind" blends a wealth of scientific disciplines -- from botany, zoology, and geology to neuropsychology, palynology, and nuclear physics. With vivid imagery and a transporting voice, Fagan revolutionizes our understanding of the inner lives of ancient people.
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Mound Builders of Ancient America: The Archaeology of a Myth » Read Now
by Robert Silverberg. 386 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Archaeology of the Mid-Holocene Southeast (Chap. 14 "Southeastern Archaic Mounds") » Read Now
by Kenneth E. Sassaman, David G. Anderson. 390 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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American Science in the Age of Jefferson ("The Mystery of the Mound Builders" begins on p. 343) » Read Now
by John C. Greene. 484 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Uncovering the Past: A History of Archaeology ("The Mysterious Mound-Builders" begins on p. 170) » Read Now
by William H. Stiebing Jr. 324 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Stiebing highlights the exploits of colorful, dynamic excavators from the "Heroic Age" in an entertaining, informative account.
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Revisiting the Mound-Builder Controversy, in History Today » Read Now
by Thomas S. Garlinghouse. 7 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library