Rural communities in the Black Warrior Valley, Alabama: The role of commoners in the creation of the Moundville I landscape

American Antiquity

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 337-354

  Maxham, Mintcy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/2694062     Document Type: Article

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