EVIDENCE FOR STEPPED PYRAMIDS OF SHELL IN THE WOODLAND PERIOD OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

Antiquarians of the nineteenth century referred to the largest monumental constructions in eastern North America as pyramids, but this usage faded among archaeologists by the mid-twentieth century. Pauketat (2007) has reintroduced the term pyramid to describe the larger, Mississippian-period (A.D. 1...

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Veröffentlicht in:American Antiquity. - Society for American Archaeology. - 81(2016), 2, Seite 345-363
1. Verfasser: Pluckhahn, Thomas J. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Thompson, Victor D., Rink, W. Jack
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:American Antiquity
Schlagworte:Applied sciences Biological sciences Social sciences Physical sciences Behavioral sciences Arts History