Writing about a powerful Native American society at the dawn of
European contact, Marvin Smith, in a colorfully illustrated book,
traces the rise and collapse of the chiefdom of Coosa, located in
the Ridge and Valley province of northwestern Georgia and adjacent
states.
From humble beginnings, Coosa became one of the most important
chiefdoms in the Southeast, dominating a territory from present
eastern Tennessee to central Alabama. Following contact with three
Spanish expeditions in the sixteenth century, Coosa began its rapid
descent. Disease, population movements, political collapse, and
changes in subsistence and technology enveloped the population in
the ensuing years. By the beginning of the eighteenth century, the
once powerful chiefdom had been reduced to a few towns in the Creek
Confederacy.
Explaining for the first time this remarkable demise, Smith
blends historical and archaeological evidence to tell the complex
story. Written for a general interest audience and generously
illustrated with color and black-and-white photos, Coosa also will
be a valuable reference work for the study of the material culture
of the contact period.
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