American Indian Mounds
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American Indian Mounds
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Author : Timothy Whittaker
language : en
Publisher: Timothy Whittaker
Release Date : 2010-02-02
American Indian Mounds written by Timothy Whittaker and has been published by Timothy Whittaker this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-02 with Reference categories.
This book contains a comprehensive list of North American Indian Mounds.
Indian Mounds Of Wisconsin
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Author : Robert A. Birmingham
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2017-10-04
Indian Mounds Of Wisconsin written by Robert A. Birmingham and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-04 with History categories.
More mounds were built by ancient Native Americans in Wisconsin than in any other region of North America—between 15,000 and 20,000, at least 4,000 of which remain today. Most impressive are the effigy mounds, huge earthworks sculpted in the shapes of thunderbirds, water panthers, and other forms, not found anywhere else in the world in such concentrations. This second edition is updated throughout, incorporating exciting new research and satellite imagery. Written for general readers, it offers a comprehensive overview of these intriguing earthworks. Citing evidence from past excavations, ethnography, the traditions of present-day Native Americans in the Midwest, ground-penetrating radar and LIDAR imaging, and recent findings of other archaeologists, Robert A. Birmingham and Amy L. Rosebrough argue that effigy mound groups are cosmological maps that model belief systems and relations with the spirit world. The authors advocate for their preservation and emphasize that Native peoples consider the mounds sacred places. This edition also includes an expanded list of public parks and preserves where mounds can be respectfully viewed, such as the Kingsley Bend mounds near Wisconsin Dells, an outstanding effigy group maintained by the Ho-Chunk Nation, and the Man Mound Park near Baraboo, the only extant human-shaped effigy mound in the world.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Native American Indian Mounds Earthworks
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Author : Gregory L. Little
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Native American Indian Mounds Earthworks written by Gregory L. Little and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Earthworks (Archaeology) categories.
Native Americans Archaeologists The Mounds
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Author : Barbara Alice Mann
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Release Date : 2003
Native Americans Archaeologists The Mounds written by Barbara Alice Mann and has been published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Ever since European settlers stumbled upon the eighteenth-century mounds, explanations and interpretations of them - often ridiculous and seldom Native American - have appeared as sober scholarship. Today, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA) has intensified the debate over who «owns» the mounds - modern descendants of the Mound builders or Western archaeologists. Native Americans, Archaeologists, and the Mounds is the first cogent look at all the issues surrounding the mounds, their history, their preservation, and their interpretation. Using the traditions of those Natives descended from the Mound Builders as well as historical and archaeological evidence, Barbara Alice Mann placed the mounds in their native cultural context as she examines the fraught issues enveloping them in the twenty-first century.
Indian Mounds Of The Middle Ohio Valley
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Author : Susan L. Woodward
language : en
Publisher: McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company
Release Date : 2002
Indian Mounds Of The Middle Ohio Valley written by Susan L. Woodward and has been published by McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Indian mounds of the middle Ohio Valley : a guide to mounds and earthworks of the Adena, Hopewell, Cole, and Fort Ancient people.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Native American Mounds Earthworks
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Author : Gregory L. Little
language : en
Publisher: Eagle Wing Books Incorporated
Release Date : 2009
The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Native American Mounds Earthworks written by Gregory L. Little and has been published by Eagle Wing Books Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.
An inclusive as possible collection of citations and characteristics of the Native American mounds in the continental United States.
Town Creek Indian Mound
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Author : Joffre Lanning Coe
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2012-12-30
Town Creek Indian Mound written by Joffre Lanning Coe and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-30 with History categories.
The temple mound and mortuary at Town Creek, in Montgomery County, is one of the few surviving earthen mounds built by prehistoric Native Americans in North Carolina. It has been recognized as an important archaeological site for almost sixty years and, as a state historic site, has become a popular destination for the public. This book is Joffre Coe's illustrated chronicle of the archaeological research conducted at Town Creek, a project with which Coe has been intimately involved for more than fifty years, since its inception as a WPA program in 1937. Written for visitors as well as for scholars, Town Creek Indian Mound 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 prehistoric Native American society. Originally published in 1995. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
The Mound Builders Of Ancient North America
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Author : E. Barrie Kavasch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-12
The Mound Builders Of Ancient North America written by E. Barrie Kavasch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12 with categories.
Ancient Mound Builders created thousands of sacred earthen structures all across America. These native Indian cultures flourished for 4000 years before the first settlers came, creating mysterious giant earthen shapes of birds, bears, snakes, and alligator mounds, along with great conical mounds that held the bones of their leaders and loved ones. Who were these sophisticated and spiritual ancient people? They were talented shamans, farmers, hunters, fishermen, artists, and midwives who held special reverence for Mother Earth. Learn more about them and see some of their amazing artistic achievements inside The Mound Builders of Ancient North America. Study a detailed TimeLine that helps to place everything in exact perspective. See what was also happening elsewhere in the world during the Mound Builders heydays. Surprising fetes of engineering and geographic earthworks remind us that these ancient cultures held impressive worldviews.
Native American Mounds In Alabama
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Author : Gregory L. Little
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-17
Native American Mounds In Alabama written by Gregory L. Little and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-17 with Indians of North America categories.
Alabama once had thousands of mounds built by the ancestors of modern Native American tribes as long ago as 5,000 years. In this full-color guidebook, 23 public and ancient Indian mound sites, stonewall sites, and museums devoted to the mound builders are detailed along with details on 23 other sites and numerous smaller mound sites. The locations and other pertinent details are presented in an alphabetical order along with a map showing all of the public sites. The book also includes detailed site maps of several locations where hundreds of stone mounds and stone walls constructed by ancient Native Americans are found. In addition, a host of new archaeological reconstructions are included consisting of the Bessemer Mounds, Bottle Creek Mounds, Buttahatchee Mounds in Hamilton, Collinsville Mound, Florence Mound, Moundville, and the Skeleton Mountain Snake Effigy.
Native American Tribes
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-02-22
Native American Tribes written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-22 with categories.
*Includes pictures of mounds and other artifacts created by the Mound Builders. *Explains the origins of the Mound Builders, and how their culture influenced today's Native American tribes. *Discusses the mysteries of the Mound Builders and theories about them. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "There being one of these [mounds] in my neighborhood, I wished to satisfy myself whether any, and which of these opinions [regarding the identity of the Mound Builders] were just. For this purpose I determined to open and examine it thoroughly." - Thomas Jefferson When Europeans first came upon the giant mounds and earthworks dotting the North American landscape in the 18th century, they couldn't imagine that the Native Americans they came into contact with were capable of such advanced technology and masterful engineering. In fact, when President George Washington sent adventurer and military strategist Rufus Putnam to survey the land at the convergence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers in southeastern Ohio for settlement, Putnam reported that he'd discovered an impressive walled earthwork complex near present-day Marietta that was obviously the breastwork of an ancient fortress built by some long-forgotten ancient civilization. Like others of his time, Putnam couldn't conceive that indigenous Americans had at one time reached such an advanced level of cultural and technical sophistication. As detailed by Thomas Jefferson in his 1783 book, Notes on the State of Virginia, about 1780 the future American President began to excavate a mound near Montecello, his Virginia estate. He noted, "I determined to open and examine it thoroughly. It was situated on the low grounds of the Rivanna [River], about two miles above its principal fork, and opposite to some hills, on which had been an Indian town. It was of a spheroidical form, of about 40 feet diameter at the base." Jefferson discovered stratified human remains and ultimately concluded that this particular mound was an ancient Indian burial place. Credited with what was perhaps the first systematic archaeological excavation in North America, Jefferson came to the realization that different mounds might serve different uses, which has since been proven correct. However, even as these elaborate earthen complexes have ultimately yielded tens of thousands of artifacts, including earspools, panpipes, effigy figurines, engraved copper gorgets, head plates and headdresses, bone hair pins, silver and copper tablets, game stones, greenstone axes, flint blades, and zoomorphic effigy vessels (to list just a few), they have really only added to the mystery and intrigue surrounding the "Mound Builders" as these ancient peoples are now known. These standing testaments to early man's extraordinary accomplishments continue to speak of a period of time about which scholars can only theorize. With no evidence of a written language and a high probability that associated groups spoke different languages (based on the earliest lingual patterns encountered from each region), what the so-called "Mound Builders" accomplished in the span of a few centuries is nothing short of phenomenal. Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Mound Builders comprehensively covers the facts, mysteries, and theories surrounding the ancient Native Americans who built the elaborate mounds, discussing what is known and unknown about their origins. Along with pictures and a bibliography, you will learn about the Mound Builders like you never have before, in no time at all.