Download or read book What Mean These Bones? written by Mary Lucas Powell and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1991-03-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses questions of human adaptation in a variety of cultural contexts, with a breadth not found in studies utilizing solely biological or artifactual data. These nine case studies from eight Southeastern states cover more than 4,000 years of human habitation, from Archaic hunter-gatherers in Louisiana and Alabama to Colonial planters and slaves in South Carolina.