Bøger af Marvin T. Smith

Describes how the effects of early European contact - documented with data that includes artifacts associated with burial practices, public works, and craft specialisation - caused immediate depopulation of the aboriginal nations in America and led to political breakdown and social collapse.

This work traces the rise and collapse of the chiefdom of Coosa, located in the Ridge and Valley province of northwestern Georgia and adjacent states. Coosa became one of the most important chiefdoms in the Southeast following contact with three Spanish expeditions in the 16th century.