Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley histories : language, archaeology, and ethnography /

Kaufman, David V. (Linguist),

Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley histories : language, archaeology, and ethnography / David V. Kaufman. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019] - xix, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Recovering languages & literacies of the Americas .

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-217) and index.

Geography, archaeology, peoples, and languages. Geography and environment -- Archaeology and history -- Peoples, migrations, and languages -- Language contact. Language contact -- Phonetic and phonological features -- Morphological features -- Word borrowings and calques -- Conclusion.

978-1-4962-2223-7

2019002943


Indians of North America--Languages.--Mississippi River Valley
Anthropological linguistics--Mississippi River Valley.
Languages in contact--Mississippi River Valley.
Language and culture--Mississippi River Valley.


Mississippi River Valley--Languages.
Mississippi River Valley--History--To 1803.

PM451 / .K38 2019

497/.5