List of Illustrations | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Background | |
An Account of the Battle of Mabila, by an Eyewitness | p. 13 |
The Battle of Mabila in Historical Perspective | p. 17 |
How Historical Are the De Soto Chronicles? | p. 31 |
The De Soto Map and the Luna Narratives: An Overview of Other Sixteenth-Century Sources | p. 45 |
A Review of De Soto's Itinerary between Talisi and Apafalaya | p. 64 |
The Village of Mabila: Archaeological Expectations | p. 72 |
What Indian Pottery of Sixteenth-Century Central Alabama Looks Like and Why It Matters | p. 83 |
What Do Spanish Expeditionary Artifacts of Circa 1540 Look Like and How Often Are They Preserved? | p. 94 |
The Present State of Archaeological Survey and Site File Data for the Alabama River and Adjacent Regions | p. 107 |
The United States and Alabama De Soto Commissions | p. 129 |
Seeking Methods That Work | p. 139 |
Conference Results | |
A Comparative Analysis of the De Soto Accounts on the Route to, and Events at, Mabila | p. 153 |
The Battle of Mabila: Competing Narratives | p. 182 |
Tracing De Soto's Trail to Mabila | p. 193 |
The Archaeology of Mabila's Cultural Landscape | p. 227 |
Postscript | p. 245 |
Bibliography | p. 247 |
Contributors | p. 267 |
Index | p. 271 |
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