Mapping the Mississippian Shatter Zone: The Colonial Indian Slave Trade and Regional Instability in the American South
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (866 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003O85DKC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 323 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Using examples from a range of Indian communities—Muskogee, Catawba, Iroquois, Alabama, Coushatta, Shawnee, Choctaw, Westo, and Natchez—the contributors assess the shatter zone region as a whole, and the varied ways in which Native peoples wrestled with an increasingly unstable world and worked to reestablish order.. During the two centuries following European contact, the world of late prehistoric Mississippian chiefdoms collapsed and Native communities there fragmented, migrated, coalesced, and reorganized into new and often quite different societies. The editors of this volume, Robbie Ethridge and Sheri M. Shuck-Hall, argue that such a period and region of instability and regrouping constituted a “shatter zone.” In this anthology, archaeologists, ethnohistorians, and anthropologists analyze the shatter zone created in the colonial South by examining the int
R. Kasee, Choice. "Editors Ethridge and Shuck-Hall have crafted a unique anthology on a little-studied subject: the very specific cause-and-effect relationships of European contact with the Mississippian world of eastern North America."—C
"Outstanding!" according to teacher. Compelling, fascinating description of shifting, changing American diaspora. Collection of essays with sweeping introduction raising points you don't see much elsewhere. I've read a lot on this topic and this is my favorite.. gade0Focus on Southeast Indians gade04 This book focuses on why the Missippian chiefdoms shattered into confederacies, were absorbed by other groups, etc. in the prehistoric and historic period.. said Focus on Southeast Indians. This book focuses on why the Missippian chiefdoms shattered into confederacies, were absorbed by other groups, etc. in the prehistoric and historic period.. Five Stars John G. Crowley fine