TY  - BOOK
AU  - David Hurst Thomas
AU  - Thomas, David Hurst
AU  - Jones, Grant D.
AU  - Durham, Roger S.
AU  - Larsen, Clark Spencer
ED  - The American Museum of Natural History
TI  - The Anthropology of St. Catherines island 1. Natural and cultural history: Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History 
T2  - Anthropological Papers of The American Museum of Natural History
SN  - 00659452
AV  - GN 1 A44 1978 v. 55 pt. 2
PY  - 1978///
CY  - New York
PB  - The American Museum of Natural History
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Periodicals
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Georgia
KW  - Saint Catherines Island
KW  - Natural history
KW  - America
KW  - Ethnology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction
; Chapter 1: The natural history of St. Catherines island; Thomas, David Hurst
; Chapter 2: The prehistory of St. Catherines island; Larsen, Clark Spencer and Thomas, David Hurst; Chapter 3: The ethnohistory of the Guale coast through 1684
; Jones, Grand D; Chapter 4: The history of St. Catherines island after 1684
; Durham, Roger S. and Thomas, David Hurst; Appendix: notes on ethnohistorical resources and methodology; Jones, Grand D
N2  - "This volume, the first in a series, considers the natural and cultural background to anthropological research being conducted on St. Catherines Island, Georgia. The island is one of a complex series of barrier islands, of various orgins. The extant vegetation is an interesting mixture of natural succession, periodically disrupted by recent historical processes. Archaeologists have worked on St. Catherines Island discontinuously since 1896, when C.B. Moore conducted excavations in several prehistoric burial mounds. The University of Georgia then conducted a program of burial mound and midden excavations in 1969-1970, and the American Museum of Natural History began intensive archaeological investigations on St. Catherines Island in 1974. The ethnohistory of the Guale Indians is discussed in detail, suggesting that they were essentially a riverine people with strong internal trade contacts. Guale political organization was that of the classic Creek chiefdom. Each chiefdom maintained two principal towns, and may have been organized according to dual political organization. This interpretation contrasts sharply with the traditional view of the Guale, who are often characterized as isolated, scattered, shifting cultivators. The volume concludes with a historical outline of St. Catherines Island from the early Spanish mission period up to present times"
ER  -