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This volume reports on ten years of concentrated effort to do a targeted Soto investigation, following up on centenary studies that established the major questions. It provides a model for such an interdisciplinary workshop, and honestly reveals remaining disagreements, the source of new questions. I found also some very solid new data, new analyses, and new reconstructions worthy of serious attention, plus strong evidence for the potential success of future collaborative research. --Patricia Galloway, Associate Professor of Archival Enterprise and Digital Asset Management, School of Information, University of Texas-Austin

If the allure of archaeology is not merely discovery but also the excitement of exploration, then this collection of essays is sure to draw greater attention to the archaeology of the South. . . . Although the search for Mabila has so far proved inconclusive, it has not been fruitless. This book is an exemplary exposition of the burgeoning methodologies of contact-era historical archaeology, with detailed coverage of the current thinking on Mabila and the available evidence for the brutal confrontation that transpired there. . . . Beyond mere curiosity, heritage tourism, and boosterism, the search for Mabila ultimately leads to a conjuncture in early American history, both colonial and indigenous, where a decisive, violent conflict between different peoples with radically dissimilar technologies and ways of life produced long-term, irrevocable consequences. More than the thrill of the chase, the expectation leads to important lessons on how history was and will be made. This book blazes a clear trail. --Journal of Southern History

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 If the allure of archaeology is not merely discovery but also the excitement of exploration, then this collection of essays is sure to draw greater attention to the archaeology of the South. . . . Although the search for Mabila has so far proved inconclusive, it has not been fruitless. This book is an exemplary exposition of the burgeoning methodologies of contact-era historical archaeology, with detailed coverage of the current thinking on Mabila and the available evidence for the brutal confrontation that transpired there. . . . Beyond mere curiosity, heritage tourism, and boosterism, the search for Mabila ultimately leads to a conjuncture in early American history, both colonial and indigenous, where a decisive, violent conflict between different peoples with radically dissimilar technologies and ways of life produced long-term, irrevocable consequences. More than the thrill of the chase, the expectation leads to important lessons on how history was and will be made. This book blazes a clear trail. -- Journal of Southern History

If the allure of archaeology is not merely discovery but also the excitement of exploration, then this collection of essays is sure to draw greater attention to the archaeology of the South. . . . Although the search for Mabila has so far proved inconclusive, it has not been fruitless. This book is an exemplary exposition of the burgeoning methodologies of contact-era historical archaeology, with detailed coverage of the current thinking on Mabila and the available evidence for the brutal confrontation that transpired there. . . . Beyond mere curiosity, heritage tourism, and boosterism, the search for Mabila ultimately leads to a conjuncture in early American history, both colonial and indigenous, where a decisive, violent conflict between different peoples with radically dissimilar technologies and ways of life produced long-term, irrevocable consequences. More than the thrill of the chase, the expectation leads to important lessons on how history was and will be made. This book blazes a clear trail. Journal of Southern History

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Vernon James Knight Jr. is Professor of Anthropology at The University of Alabama.

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