Southeastern Indians Life Portraits
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excavations
farming
fauna
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geology
habitats
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Indigenous societies
material culture
Middle Archaic
Middle Woodland
migration
mounds
Native Americans
Paleoindians
plants
Pleistocene
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public archaeology
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shell middens
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southeastern archaeology
subsistence
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Woodland period
Product details
- ISBN 9780817310783
- Weight: 342g
- Dimensions: 196 x 265mm
- Publication Date: 19 Jul 2000
- Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A collection of over 350 photographs, paintings, drawings, and woodcuts, Life Portraits offers us an important visual representation of southeastern Indians - at work, at play, in rituals, and in death - when they first encountered Europeans. Studied by historians and archaeologists, as well as museum exhibit designers and costumers, these illustrations provide a wealth of information on native dress and jewelry, house construction, agricultural techniques, warfare, and other aspects of American Indian life. Among the tribes illustrated are Natchez, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole, Chitimacha, Timucua, Powhatan, Tuscarora, Caddo, Yuchi, and Shawnee. A special section of the book quotes historic narratives and comments on the life and work of the artists, lithographers, photographers, and engravers who made the originals. Included among these are Jacques le Moyne, John White, Theodore De Bry, Francis Parsons, Joshua Reynolds, John Trumball, George Catlin, John Mix Stanley, Thomas McKenney, and Samuel Waugh. Life Portraits has been a classic title in southeastern archaeology and a staple of bookstores and museum shops around the country since its original publication in 1958. Because the carefully identified illustrations were secured from a wide variety of sources, including the British Museum, the Charleston Museum, the New York Public Library, and the Oklahoma Historical Society, this volume represents the most comprehensive and widely available record of Indian images. Designed for Americana collections, it will appeal to general readers as well as professional historians and archaeologists.
Emma Lila Fundaburk is a retired economist who taught at Bowling Green State University. She is the author of 10 books, including Sun Circles and Human Hands.
