Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors
by John R. Swanton
Foreword by Jerald T. Milanich, Series Editor
First published in 1922, copies of this
respected classic have been coveted, hoarded, and worn ragged
ever since by archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians
across the Southeast and beyond. Also appealing to a general
audience, the book documents the coalescence of the Creek Indians
out of the remnants of the many separate societies that dominated
Alabama and Georgia in the early colonial period (pre-1700). The
author provides important, basic ethnographic and historical
information on the Creeks and all the neighboring Indians,
including those from Florida, Mississippi, and adjacent areas,
tracing the tribes’ movements from earliest times until they
were caught up into the stream of colonial history.
In the introduction, Swanton explains that he was able to obtain
information from about 9,000 living Indians, some of whom he
quotes directly.
Southeastern Classics in
Archaeology,
Anthropology, and History
John R. Swanton, who was curator of North
American archaeology in the anthropology department of the
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History for five
decades, is widely regarded as the most distinguished
ethnographer of American Indians. Between 1911 and 1952 he wrote
eight major reference books, seven on the southeastern Indians.
1998. 508 pp. 6 X 9.
10 fold-out maps, bibliography, index.
ISBN 0-8130-1635-5Paper,$29.95s
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"The foundations of our understanding of the people and cultures of the southeastern region are grounded on the collective knowledge presented in these three books. The University Press of Florida should be congratulated for initiating the republication of early works through their Southeastern Classics series. They should also be thanked. They have placed Swanton, Willey, and Goggin back in the hands of another generation of anthropologists." - Florida Anthropologist
"Swanton's scholarship is impressive in both its breadth and detail; it is equally elegant in terms of its theoretical reasoning.
The University Press of Florida is to be congratulated for making a hard-to-find book accessible to the public."
--
The Alabama Review
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