One hundred years of archaeology at Gordontown: A fortified Mississippian town in Middle Tennessee

Southeastern Archaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-109

  Moore, Michael C ^a   Breitburg, Emanuel ^b   Smith, Kevin E ^c   Trubitt, Mary Beth ^d  

^a Tennessee Division of Archaeology   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; RESEARCH; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

CUMBERLAND COUNTY [TENNESSEE]; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750595183     PISSN: 0734578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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