Perspectives on Gulf Coast Prehistory by Dave D. Davis HBDJ 1ST 1984 FINE

Description: Hardcover Cloth 379 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1984. Handsome grey boards and black embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear with undamaged corners. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. For the first time, the archaeology of the entire northern Gulf Coast has been brought together in a comprehensive and integrated fashion. The importance of what heretofore was the 'soft underbelly' of southeastern archaeology has at least been recognized in this impressive compendium. A landmark volume, it is equivalent in scope to those of the North American Handbook series published by the Smithsonian Institution. -- Jeffrey P. Brain, Peabody Museum, Harvard University Perspectives on Gulf Coast Prehistory is a much-needed volume which sheds light on one of the most neglected areas in southeastern the coastal strip that extends from east Texas to south Florida. Each chapter in this edited work, written by a recognized authority on the subject, covers a particular region or chronological period. Taken together, the chapters contain a wealth of information on the prehistory, ethnohistory, and environments of the coastal zone. Southeastern archaeology has long taken its orientation from the interior river valleys, even though archaeologists have often been troubled by discrepancies between this traditional model and results of their work in costal regions. Perspectives on Gulf Coast Prehistory is a response to these discrepancies. Contributors to this book share a belief that the prehistory of the coastal area is different enough from the interior to justify studying it as a region. Their essays, both wide-ranging in concept and problem-oriented, cover the Woodland and Mississippian periods of Gulf coast prehistory, from 1000 B.C. to the early European settlements around A.D. 1750. They investigate specific problems, focusing on traditional concerns with cultural chronologies as well as processes of social change, cultural interaction, and environmental adaptation. Dave D. Davis is associate dean of the college at Tulane University.

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