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Contributions by Keith A. Baca, Jeffrey P. Brain, Samuel O.
Brookes, Ian W. Brown, Philip J. Carr, Jessica Crawford, Patricia
Galloway, Alison M. Hadley, Christopher T. Hays, Edward R. Henry,
Cliff Jenkins, Jay K. Johnson, Evan Peacock, Janet Rafferty, Maria
Schleidt, Mary Evelyn Starr, James B. Stoltman, Andrew M. Triplett,
Melissa H. Twaroski, and Richard A. Weinstein This volume includes
original scholarship on a wide array of archaeological research
across the South. One essay explores the effects of climate on
early cultures in Mississippi. Contributors reveal the production
and distribution of stone effigy beads, which were centered in
southwest Mississippi some 5,000 years ago, and trace contact
between different parts of the prehistoric Southeast as seen in the
distribution of clay cooking balls. Researchers explore small,
enigmatic sites in the hill country of northern Mississippi now
marked by scatters of broken pottery and a large, seemingly
isolated ""platform"" mound in Calhoun County. Pieces describe a
mound group in Chickasaw County built by early agriculturalists who
subsequently abandoned the area and a similar prehistoric
abandonment event in Winston and Choctaw Counties. A large pottery
collection from the famous Anna Mounds site in Adams County,
excavations at a Chickasaw Indian site in Lee County, camps and
works of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the pine hill country
of southern Mississippi, and the history of logging in the
Mississippi Delta all yield abundant, new understandings of the
past. Overview papers include a retrospective on archaeology in the
National Forests of north Mississippi, a look at a number of mound
sites in the lower Mississippi Delta, and a study of how
communities of learning in field archaeology are built, with
prominent archaeologist Samuel O. Brookes's achievements as a focal
point. History buffs, artifact enthusiasts, students, and
professionals all will find something of interest in this book,
which opens doors on the prehistory and history of Mississippi.
The southeastern United States is home to the richest, most diverse
freshwater mussel faunas on the planet, and Mississippi is no
exception in this regard. Until fairly recent times, however, only
qualitative lists of taxa were available and/or sampling was
unsystematic and spotty. More recent work has taken place in
waterways that have been significantly impacted by erosion, other
forms of water pollution, and impoundment in modern times. Thus,
even the best modern studies could benefit from a better knowledge
of ranges and community characteristics as they existed
prehistorically, when human impact, though present, an to this end
this work presents a robust synthesis of pre-industrial mussel
distributions and relative abundances in the state.
This volume includes original scholarship on a wide array of
current archaeological research across the South. One essay
explores the effects of climate on early cultures in Mississippi.
Contributors reveal the production and distribution of stone effigy
beads, which were centered in southwest Mississippi some 5,000
years ago, and trace contact between different parts of the
prehistoric Southeast as seen in the distribution of clay cooking
balls. Researchers explore small, enigmatic sites in the hill
country of northern Mississippi now marked by scatters of broken
pottery and a large, seemingly isolated ""platform"" mound in
Calhoun County. Pieces describe a mound group in Chickasaw County
built by early agriculturalists who subsequently abandoned the area
and a similar prehistoric abandonment event in Winston and Choctaw
Counties. A large pottery collection from the famous Anna Mounds
site in Adams County, excavations at a Chickasaw Indian site in Lee
County, camps and works of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the
pine hill country of southern Mississippi, and the history of
logging in the Mississippi Delta all yield abundant, new
understandings of the past. Overview papers include a retrospective
on archaeology in the National Forests of north Mississippi, a new
look at a number of mound sites in the lower Mississippi Delta, and
a study of how communities of learning in field archaeology are
built, with prominent archaeologist Samuel O. Brookes's
achievements as a focal point. History buffs, artifact enthusiasts,
students, and professionals all will find something of interest in
this book, which opens new doors on the prehistory and history of
Mississippi.
The port of Adulis was one of greatest significance in Antiquity.
It is best known for its role in Aksumite trade during the fourth -
seventh centuries AD. However it is also a major port of the
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, a sailors' hand-book of the first
century AD. Not only did it offer a good harbour on the route to
India, but it was a source for luxuries such as ivory,
tortoise-shell and rhinoceros horn. The site was first identified
by Henry Salt, in 1810, but there have always been a number of
problems, both chronological and topographical with the
identification. Firstly, the surface pottery is late in date and
accords with Aksumitic importance rather than the Roman. Secondly,
Adulis is referred to as a port, but it is today 7 km from the sea.
The Periplus refers to an island approached by a causeway, which
suggested to some that the site was originally at Massawa, 60 km to
the north, a town which today comprises islands connected by
causeways. The work of Cosmas Indicopleustes 'Christian Topography'
written in the 6th Century AD mentions two other places, Gabaza and
Samidi, which have never been identified. The fieldwork on which
this book is based resolves these issues. It is suggested that
Roman Adulis underlies the Aksumite city. Also the pottery and
structures on the Galala hills to the south, show that this was
almost certainly 'the site of Aksumite Gabaza. However, off the
seaward end of the hills is a rock which would have been a small
island in Roman times and on it was a scatter of 1st century AD
Roman wine amphorae (Dressel 2-4). The Periplus tells us that ships
used to moor of Diodorus Island which was connected to the mainland
by a causeway, but was later moved to an island called Oreine
(hilly) for greater security. The latter can be none other than
Dese which is the only hilly island in the area and on it field
survey has located a fine harbour and an early Roman settlement.
The remaining site, Samidi, has also been found, for 7 km north of
Adulis are large stone mounds. Architectural fragments and
fragments of human bone suggest that this may have been an
impressive mausoleum, perhaps the burial place of the kings of
Adulis.
This volume stands as a key general resource for archaeologists
working in the region extending from Louisiana through Mississippi
north to Missouri and Kentucky, and it represents an opportunity to
influence for decades a large part of the archaeological work to
take place in the Southeast.The book responds to a need for a
comprehensive archaeological overview of the Lower Mississippi
Valley that forms a portion of an interstate corridor spanning nine
states that will run from southern Michigan to the Texas-Mexico
border. The culturally sensitive Mississippi Delta is one of the
richest archaeological areas in North America, and it is crucial
that research designs be comprehensive, coordinated, and meet
current preservation and future research needs. The authors are
well-respected researchers from both within and outside the region
with expertise in the full range of topics that comprise American
archaeology. They examine matters of method and theory, the
application of materials science, geophysics, and other high-tech
tools in archaeology that provide for optimum data-recovery.
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