The Archaeology of Traditions: Agency and History Before and After Columbus

by Timothy R. Pauketat

Book Overview

"At last, southeastern archaeology as history of people, not just 'cultures'."--Patricia Galloway, Mississippi Department of Archives and History Rich with the objects of the day-to-day lives of illiterate or common people in the southeastern United States, this book offers an archaeological reevaluation of history itself: where it is, what it is, and how it came to be. Through clothing, cooking, eating, tool making, and other mundane forms of social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081302112X
• ISBN13: 9780813021126
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"