People of the Shoals Stallings Culture of the Savannah River Valley

Name: People of the Shoals Stallings Culture of the Savannah River Valley
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ISBN: 9780813029450

ISBN-10: 0813029457

ISBN-13: 9780813029450

Edition: 2006

Authors: Kenneth E. Sassaman, Jerald T. Milanich

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Even for ancient hunter-gatherers, everyday life included adventure, personal relationships, and economic hardship. Interpreting and humanizing the experience of one group of pre-Columbian people, Kenneth Sassaman describes the mysterious rise and fall of the Stallings Culture and the research that brought its story to light. Known best for their innovations in making pottery, these prehistoric foragers occupied the middle Savannah River valley of Georgia and South Carolina some 4,000 years ago. Sassaman offers several controversial theories about the Stallings people, arguing that they arose from interactions between two distinctive ethnic groups, organized themselves around clusters of…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Publication date: 4/14/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of Figures


Foreword


Preface and Acknowledgments


Prologue



Prelude to Prehistory



Stallings Beginnings



A Multiethnic Neighborhood



Inventing Stallings Culture



Living Off the Land



Living with Each Other



Twilight on the Savannah


Epilogue


Glossary


For Further Reading


Index