Modeling entradas : sixteenth-century assemblages in North America / edited by Clay Mathers ; foreword by Jeffrey M. Mitchem. - Gainesville : University of Florida Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages) : illustrations - Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen series .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The Destiny of Their Manifests: Entrada Assemblages and the Challenge and Promise of Modeling Deep History / Distinguishing and Modeling Site Types in the Tiguex Province, New Mexico: Moho, Alcanfor, and the Struggle for Northern New Spain (1540-1542) / The Stark Farm Enigma: Evidence of the Chicasa (Chikasha)-Soto Encounter in Mississippi? / Artifacts of the Soto and Luna y Arellano Expeditions in Alabama / New Insights from Elemental Analysis of Chevron Beads from Contact Period Sites in the Southeastern United States / The Materials of Colonization: Archaeological and Documentary Traces of Trist n de Luna y Arellano's Colonial Fleet / Material Culture in Northern La Florida: Impoverishment, Improvisation, Innovation, and Interaction / The Hernando de Soto and Trist n de Luna y Arellano Expeditions in Central Alabama, 1540-1560: Routes, Cultures, and Consequences / The Acquisition of Sixteenth-Century European Objects by Native Americans in the Southeastern United States / Conclusion; Looking Forward and Making it Count: Improving Entrada Models / Clay Mathers -- Clay Mathers and Michael P. Marshall -- James B. Legg, Charles R. Cobb, Edmond A. Boudreaux III, Brad R. Lieb, Chester B. DePratter, and Steven D. Smith -- Craig T. Sheldon and Ned J. Jenkins -- Daniel M. Seinfeld and Munir Humayun -- John E. Worth and John R. Bratten -- Christopher B. Rodning, Robin A. Beck Jr., and David G. Moore -- Ned J. Jenkins and Craig T. Sheldon -- Marvin T. Smith and David J. Hally -- Clay Mathers

"This volume brings together leading archaeologists working across the American South to offer a comprehensive, comparative analysis of Spanish entrada assemblages, providing insights into the sixteenth-century indigenous communities of North America and the colonizing efforts of Spain"--



9781683401865 9781683401582

2020016200


Indians of North America--History--16th century.
Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples.


Electronic Books.

E77 / .M634 2020