The Ancient Mounds of Poverty Point - Place of Rings

Jon Gibson confronts the intriguing mystery of Poverty Point, the ruins of a large prehistoric Indian settlement that was home to one of the most fascinating ancient cultures in eastern North America. The 3,500-year-old site in northeastern Louisiana is known for its large, elaborate earthworks - a series of concentric, crescent-shaped dirt rings and bird-shaped mounds. With its imposing 25-mile core, it is one of the largest archaic constructions on American soil. It's also one of the most puzzling - perplexing questions haunt Poverty Point, and archaeologists still speculate about life and culture at the site, its age, how it was created, and if it was at the forefront of an emerging complex society. Gibson's engaging, well-illustrated account of Poverty Point brings to life one of the oldest earthworks of its size in the Western Hemisphere, the hub of a massive exchange network among native American peoples reaching a third of the way across the present-day United States.

Info autore

Jon L. Gibson is professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Archaeological Studies at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. He is the author of Ancient Earthworks of the Ouachita Valley in Louisiana and the editor of Exchange in the Lower Mississippi Valley and Contiguous Areas at 1100 B.C.

Riassunto

In this account, Jon Gibson confronts the mystery of Poverty Point, the ruins of a large prehistoric Indian settlement that was home to an ancient culture in eastern Northern America. He aims to bring to life one of the oldest earthworks of its size in the Western Hemisphere.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jon L Gibson, Jon L. Gibson
• Editore: University Press Of Florida
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2001
• EAN: 9780813025513
• ISBN: 978-0-8130-2551-3
• Pagine: 292
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 228 mm x 21 mm
• Peso: 448 g
• Illustrazioni: 64 photographs and illustrations, 7 maps, tables, glossary
• Serie: Native Peoples, Cultures, and; Native Peoples, Cultures, and; Native Peoples, Cultures and Places of the South-eastern United States
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria; Archaeology / Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology