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Ocmulgee archaeology, 1936-1986
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Ocmulgee archaeology, 1936-1986

Author: David J Hally
Publisher: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©1994.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English
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In Ocmulgee Archaeology, 1936-1986 more than twenty archaeologists reexamine the findings of the largest archaeological excavation ever undertaken in Georgia. The sixteen essays in this volume were originally presented at a symposium commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Ocmulgee National Monument. The symposium provided archaeologists with an opportunity to update some of the work begun a  Read more...
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David J Hally
ISBN: 0820316067 9780820316062
OCLC Number: 28336241
Description: xi, 237 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Contents: Ocmulgee investigations in historical perspective / Stephen Williams --
Brief history of Ocmulgee archaeology / John W. Walker --
Macon, Georgia : a fifty-year retrospect / Gordon R. Willey --
Macon daze / Jesse D. Jennings --
Early and later archaeology of the Ocmulgee National Monument area / James B. Griffin --
Paleoindian and early archaic in the lower southeast : a view from Georgia / David G. Anderson ...[et al] --
Swift Creek site and woodland platform mounds in the southeastern United States / Richard W. Jefferies --
Macon plateau site community pattern / David J. Hally and Mark Williams --
Ocmulgee and the question of Mississippian agronomic practices / Thomas J. Riley --
Case for earth lodges in the Southeast / Lewis Larson --
Human skeletal remains from Ocmulgee National Monument / Mary Lucas Powell --
Origins of the Macon plateau site / Mark Williams --
Comparison of the origins of the Macon plateau and Hiwassee island cultures / Gerald F. Schroedl --
Overview of Lamar culture / David J. Hally --
Social context of the chiefdom of Ichisi / Charles Hudson --
Ocmulgee fields culture and the historical development of Creek ceramics / Vernon James Knight, Jr --
Macon trading house and early European-Indian contact in the colonial Southeast / Gregory A.Waselkov.
Responsibility: edited by David J. Hally.

Abstract:

In Ocmulgee Archaeology, 1936-1986 more than twenty archaeologists reexamine the findings of the largest archaeological excavation ever undertaken in Georgia. The sixteen essays in this volume were originally presented at a symposium commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Ocmulgee National Monument. The symposium provided archaeologists with an opportunity to update some of the work begun a half-century before and to bring it into the larger context of southeastern history and culture and general advances in archaeological research and methodology. Among the topics discussed are platform mounds, settlement patterns, agronomic practices, earth lodges, human skeletal remains, Macon Plateau culture origins, relations of site inhabitants with other aboriginal societies and Europeans, and the challenges of administering excavations and park development. Some of the contributors participated in the Ocmulgee project and thus are able to offer personal perspectives on the value of the work that was accomplished and the potential of the work that still remains to be done.

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by mcpfinancial (WorldCat user on 2006-09-27)

The archaeology of South Georgia begins much earlier the the Paleoindian period; A.R.Kelly Ph.D reported on very early lithic technologies dating back more than twice the age of Clovis points in the Macon Plateau and Albany vicinity. Too bad that American Archaeology hasn't gotten up to speed on the real history to be enjoyed by all.

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