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Reply to Boyd and Schroedl

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Charles Hudson,
Marvin Smith,
David Hally,
Richard Polhemus and
Chester DePratter
Charles Hudson
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
Marvin Smith
Affiliation:
Garrow & Associates, Inc., 4000 Dekalb Technology Parkway, Suite 375, Atlanta, GA 30340
David Hally
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
Richard Polhemus
Affiliation:
Frank McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916
Chester DePratter
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
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Abstract

C. Clifford Boyd, Jr. and Gerald F. Schroedl find fault with our use of both historical and archaeological evidence in our reconstruction of the paramount chiefdom of Coosa. Herein we answer their criticisms by discussing our overall research strategy and by clarifying our use of historical documents, the Spanish league, and archaeological information. We also point out some of the more obvious errors and misinterpretations in the work of the U.S. De Soto Expedition Commission.

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American Antiquity , Volume 52 , Issue 4 , October 1987, pp. 845 - 856
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1987

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