| The Northwest Florida Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Moore, Clarence Bloomfield (Author), Brose, David S. (Editor), White, Nancy Marie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0817309926 ISBN-13: 9780817309923 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1999 Annotation: When Clarence Bloomfield Moore cruised the rivers of Florida in search of prehistoric artifacts a century ago, he laid the groundwork for archaeological investigations to follow. This volume reflects Moore's fieldwork along the northwest Florida coast, the most archaeologically rich area of the state, as well as up the Apalachicola River to the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers in Alabama and Georgia. Here readers will share Moore's first look at the northwest Florida area in 1901-1903 and additional observations made in 1918 during what was to be his last field season. Moore's works reveal ceramics, tools, skeletal remains, and exotic artifacts excavated from the earthen mounds and shell middens built by native peoples over the last two millennia. In the introduction to this edition, David S. Brose and Nancy Marie White place Moore's investigations within the context of the science, natural history, and antiquarianism of his day. They document what happened to the sites he explored, tell how his findings fit into the body of his research, and explain how those findings should be interpreted in the context of southeastern culture history and modern archaeological theory. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 975.901 |
| LCCN: 99-6364 |
| Series: Classics Southeast Archaeology |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 9.78" W x 14.08" (4.82 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Prehistoric - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Geographic Orientation - Georgia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication This comprehensive compilation of Moore's archaeological reports on northwest Florida and southern Alabama and Georgia presents the earliest documented investigations of this region. When Clarence Bloomfield Moore cruised the rivers of Florida in search of prehistoric artifacts a century ago, he laid the groundwork for archaeological investigations to follow. This volume reflects Moore's fieldwork along the northwest Florida coast, the most archaeologically rich area of the state, as well as Southern Alabama and Georgia.Here readers will share Moore's first look at the area in 1901-1903 and additional observations made in 1918 during what was to be his last field season. Moore's works reveal ceramics, tools, skeletal remains, and exotic artifacts excavated from the earthen mounds and shell middens built by native peoples over the last two millennia. In the introduction to this edition, David Brose and Nancy Marie White place Moore's investigations within the context of the science, natural history, and antiquarianism of his day. They document what happened to the sites he explored, tell how his findings fit into the body of his research, and explain how those findings should be interpreted in the context of Southeastern culture history and modern archaeological theory. Moore was the most knowledgeable Southeastern archaeologist of his time; his writings are a benchmark for anyone studying those areas today. |