Robbie Ethridge Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

This collection of essays features contributions from historians, anthropologists, and archaeologists who explore the profound changes experienced by Native American communities in the South during the first two centuries of Western civilization in the Americas. The essays provide insights into how this transformative era shaped American Indian society and continues to influence these communities today. The authors examine the historical forces, trends, and events that contributed to the evolution of Southeastern Indian culture and society. Key topics include the impact of European diseases, long-distance migrations, the Spanish mission system, the English plantation system, and the fur trade involving various European powers. The book encompasses a wide geographic and social scope, addressing the indigenous peoples of regions such as Florida, Virginia, Maryland, the Appalachian Mountains, the Carolina Piedmont, the Ohio Valley, and the Central and Lower Mississippi Valleys. The insights presented reflect the most current scholarship on the social history of the South, highlighting the complexities and dynamics of Native American life during this pivotal period.

Between 1539 and 1542, Hernando de Soto led a small army on a grueling exploration across nearly four thousand miles of the Southeast, a journey shrouded in mystery until now. Anthropologist Charles Hudson provides a groundbreaking route reconstruction, mapping de Soto's expedition and linking it to specific archaeological sites for the first time. This journey, arguably the most significant event in the Southeast during the sixteenth century, left a bloody mark on the landscape and native cultures as de Soto sought gold and personal glory. The Spanish army ventured from Florida to Texas, ultimately abandoning their mission. Despite his failures, de Soto became the first European to explore what would become the American South, dying a broken man on the banks of the Mississippi River in 1542. Illustrated and clearly written, this narrative unfolds against the backdrop of a now-extinct social and geographic landscape. Hudson expertly chronicles both de Soto's expedition and the native societies encountered, blending archaeology, history, and historical geography into a monumental study of the sixteenth-century Southeast.