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A rare, well-illustrated report on a Mississippian village that was discovered when soil from it was being used as fill dirt while building a bridge. In fine condition, with former owner's name stamped on bottom edge and written inside front cover. Some sunning on the spine. Inside clean and binding tight. The Chambers site is in the Tennessee-Cumberland region, where many previous excavations have been carried out, especially during the Great Depression. The site yielded evidence of occupation during the period A.D. 1250-1350, the first in the region to come from an area not adjacent to a river. A rare report, in exceptional condition.

This publication contains two reports on major excavation projects at the famous Pinson Mounds site in Jackson, Tennessee. One is the results of 1974 and 1975 excavations conducted as part of a National Park Service grant-in-aid. The second is a report on salvage excavations at the site in 1978. The papers present interesting and useful information about archaeological features at this Middle Woodland (Hopewell) site. In pristine condition except for sunning of the spine, previous owner's name stamped on the bottom edge and written inside the front cover, plus "PINSON" written on the spine. Soft cover. Binding tight, corners unbumped, interior unmarked. Out of print and extremely hard to find.

A nearly pristine copy of this report, with sun bleaching of spine and previous owner's name stamped on bottom edge and written on inside front cover. Some scratches from shelf wear evident on front cover. The volume is Research Series No. 7 of the Division of Archaeology, Tennessee Department of Conservation. It is a well-written, profusely illustrated report of archaeology carried out at Pinson in the early 1980s, along with a report by Dan Morse from 1983 sponsored by the National Park Service. The volume is a readable overview of the Woodland multimound site with Hopewell connections in western Tennessee. Very rare book.