Building Mound A at Poverty Point, Louisiana: Monumental Public Architecture, Ritual Practice, and Implications for Hunter-Gatherer Complexity

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-86

  Ortmann, Anthony L ^a   Kidder, Tristram R ^b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCHING; ARCHITECTURE; COMPLEXITY; EQUITY; HUNTER-GATHERER; LEADERSHIP; MONUMENT; PEDOGENESIS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STRATIGRAPHY;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870864858     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21430     Document Type: Article

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