Navels of the earth: Sedentism in early mound-building cultures in the lower Mississippi valley

World Archaeology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 311-329

  Gibson, Jon L ^a  

^a Department of Anthropology ^*

Author keywords

Lower Mississippi Valley; Middle Archaic; Mound building; Poverty Point; Sedentism

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; HUNTER-GATHERER;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745084895     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240600694081     Document Type: Article

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