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This book is a synthesis of research spanning archaeology, geology, geography, history, ecology, and ethnography. It follows the history of the Apalachicola people who contributed to the culture that was later called the Creek Indians in the Southeastern United States.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Apalachicola, the "Big Town"; Chapter 3: Origins; Chapter 4: The Landscape Setting; Chapter 5: The Muscogee Way; Chapter 6: Worldview and Organization; Chapter 7: Synthesis and Adaptation; Appendix A: Pottery Types and Descriptions; Appendix B: Radiocarbon Dates for the Region and Study Site, Southeastern United States; Appendix C: Timeline of Documented Events for Apalachicola; Index.
About the author
H. Thomas Foster, II (Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University) is Professor of Anthropology at The University of Tulsa. His research uses models of economic behavior to understand how humans react to and manage environmental and social variability and how those decisions in turn affect resources in the biophysical environment. As an archaeologist, he has been using the time depth of archaeological and historical data to test models about resilience and adaptation among the Native Americans of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean in response to colonialism and ecological change. He has published extensively on the effects of humans on the environment and how we can use that information to manage modern environmental issues.
Summary
This book is a synthesis of research spanning archaeology, geology, geography, history, ecology, and ethnography. It follows the history of the Apalachicola people who contributed to the culture that was later called the Creek Indians in the Southeastern United States.
