Megadrought in the Carolinas - The Archaeology of Mississippian Collapse, Abandonment, and Coalescence

About the author

John S. Cable is director and president of Palmetto Research Institute.

Summary

Considers the Native American abandonment of the South Carolina coast. In Megadrought in the Carolinas, John Cable demonstrates through the application of innovative ceramic analysis that a fifteenth-century abandonment event took place across an area of some 34.5 million acres centered on the South Carolina coast.

Product details

• Authors: John S Cable, John S. Cable
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780817320461
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2046-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 231 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Series: Archaeology of the American So; Archaeology of the American South: New Directions and Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous