Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-218) and index.
Contents
1. A heavily forested and thinly peopled land -- 2. Moblie hunter-gatherers: Paleoindian and early Archaic -- 3. Sedentary hunter-gatherers: middle to late Archaic -- 4. Builders of burial mounds and earthworks: early to middle Woodland -- 5. Villagers facing great change: late Woodland -- 6. Chiefs come to power: Mississippian -- 7. Northern villagers: late Prehistory -- 8. A trail of tears: Native American and European contact.