Architectural Variability in the Southeast - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 081735459X ISBN 13 : 9780817354596

Editeur : The University of Alabama Press, 2007

Synopsis

Research into a millennium of Native American architecture in the Southeast

Some of the most visible expressions of human culture are illustrated architecturally. Unfortunately for archaeologists, the architecture being studied is not always visible and must be inferred from soil inconsistencies or charred remains. This study deals with research into roughly a millennium of Native American architecture in the Southeast and includes research on the variation of construction techniques employed both above and below ground. Most of the architecture discussed is that of domestic houses with some emphasis on large public buildings and sweat lodges. The authors use an array of methods and techniques in examining native architecture including experimental archaeology, ethnohistory, ethnography, multi-variant analysis, structural engineering, and wood science technology. A major portion of the work, and probably the most important in terms of overall significance, is that it addresses the debate of early Mississippian houses and what they looked like above ground and the changes that occurred both before and after the arrival of Europeans.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Cameron H. Lacquement is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at The University of Alabama.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of Alabama Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 081735459X
• ISBN 13: 9780817354596
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Éditeur: Lacquement Cameron H.
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