Mississippian Community Organization: The Powers Phase in Southeastern Missouri

by Michael J. O'Brien

Book Overview

The Powers Phase Project was a multiyear archaeological program undertaken in southeastern Missouri by the University of Michigan in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The project focused on the occupation of a large Pleistocene-age terrace in the Little Black River Lowland--a large expanse of lowlying land just east of the Ozark Highland--between roughly A. D. 1250 and A. D. 1400. The largest site in the region is Powers Fort--a palisaded mound center...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475775423
• ISBN13: 9781475775426
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"