In Search of Coosa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2575607 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Clifford Boyd (Radford University), Gerald F Schroedl (University of Tennessee at Knoxville) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 840-844 |
| Publication date | 1987-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/281394 |
| OpenAlex | W2010026505 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 10 |
The recently published reconstruction of Hernando de Soto's route through the southeastern United States, and of the chiefdom of Coosa (Hudson et al. 1985), is critiqued. The researchers' estimates of time traveled by the expedition, their use of certain vague or unreliable sources, and their interpretation of archaeological data are questioned. These problems weaken their claims that their reconstruction is better than the Soto route originally proposed by Swanton. Of particular concern is their seeming naivete regarding the correlation of archaeological and ethnographic cultures
Archaeology · Chiefdom · Ethnography · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2025 (31) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |