A masterful integration of archaeological and historical information. --George R. Milner, Pennsylvania State University A convincing account of where these people came from, and what happened to them in the shadowy years after their fateful encounter with De Soto's Spanish army. --Vernon J. Knight, University of Alabama Writing about a powerful Native American society at the dawn of European contact, Marvin Smith, in a colorfully illustrated book, traces the rise and collapse of the chiefdom of Coosa, located in the Ridge and Valley province of northwestern Georgia and adjacent states. From humble beginnings, Coosa became one of the most important chiefdoms in the Southeast, dominating a territory from present eastern Tennessee to central Alabama. Following contact with three Spanish expeditions in the 16th century, Coosa began its rapid descent. Disease, population movements, political collapse, and changes in subsistence and technology enveloped the population in the ensuing years. By the beginning of the 18th century, the once powerful chiefdom had been reduced to a few towns in the Creek Confederacy. Explaining for the first time this remarkable demise, Smith blends historical and archaeological evidence to tell the complex story. Written for a general interest audience, it also will be a valuable reference work for the study of the material culture of the contact period. Marvin T. Smith is professor of anthropology at Valdosta State University in Georgia. He is the author of more than 70 scholarly publications, including The Archaeology of Aboriginal Culture Change in the Interior Southeast: Depopulation during the Early Historic Period (UPF, 1992). In 1992 he received the C. B. Moore Award for Excellence presented by the Lower Mississippi Survey at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Florida
ISBN-13
9780813030135
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113763721
Product Key Features
Book Title
Coosa: the Rise and Fall of a Southeastern Mississippian Chiefdom
Author
Not Available
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Archaeology, Local History, History
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Weight
333g
Additional Product Features
Topic Area
Regional History
Series Title
Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P.Bullen Series