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Charles G. Zug III Southern Cultures, Volume 3, Number 1, 1997, pp. 94-97 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1997.0011 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/424312/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 17:07 GMT from JHU Libraries Case." In this work-in-progress, Galloway proposes a protohistoric origin for Choctaws as multiethnic descendants of groups fragmented by historical events. Like the Creeks described by Knight, Choctaws met the challenges of colonial depopulation and disruption by consolidating into a viable confederation. Each essay in the volume could stand on its own, but collectively they greatiy enrich each other. Repeated themes tie them together. All confirm the existence of chiefdoms and paramount chiefdoms in the protohistoric Southeast, identifi- able relationships between the pre- and post-contact societies, the devastating ef- fects of European disease and warfare, and the transforming effects of Spanish missions and English economies. Most of the papers are interdisciplinary, bring- ing together material culture and historical records. Many dispute the population estimates of demographer Henry Dobyns, several contradict die findings of his- torianJohn Swanton, and some disagree explicidy with each other. In general, the articles are characterized by strong writing and extensive notes that are marred
Southern Cultures – University of North Carolina Press
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