Description:The Parkin site is a 6.9 ha (17 acre) late Mississippian and protohistoric pyramidal mound and village site in northeast Arkansas. It is the largest of 21 known Parkin phase sites and was probably the capital of Casqui visited by the De Soto expedition in 1541. Parkin is strategically located below the junction of two rivers, convenient to receive tribute. Parkin phase sites are located on areas of very productive soils and may have supplied food to the Parkin site itself. No farmsteads were found despite an intensive survey in a 1 km circle around the Parkin site. All known sites appear to be fortified, possibly a reaction to increased warfare.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Parkin: The 1978-1979 Archeological Investigations of a Cross County, Arkansas Site. To get started finding Parkin: The 1978-1979 Archeological Investigations of a Cross County, Arkansas Site, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
110
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Arkansas Archeological Survey
Release
1981
ISBN
Parkin: The 1978-1979 Archeological Investigations of a Cross County, Arkansas Site
Description: The Parkin site is a 6.9 ha (17 acre) late Mississippian and protohistoric pyramidal mound and village site in northeast Arkansas. It is the largest of 21 known Parkin phase sites and was probably the capital of Casqui visited by the De Soto expedition in 1541. Parkin is strategically located below the junction of two rivers, convenient to receive tribute. Parkin phase sites are located on areas of very productive soils and may have supplied food to the Parkin site itself. No farmsteads were found despite an intensive survey in a 1 km circle around the Parkin site. All known sites appear to be fortified, possibly a reaction to increased warfare.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Parkin: The 1978-1979 Archeological Investigations of a Cross County, Arkansas Site. To get started finding Parkin: The 1978-1979 Archeological Investigations of a Cross County, Arkansas Site, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.