Contents Series Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii Timeline xxv 1 The Deep History of the Choctaw 1 Early Explorers of the North American Continent 1 The Archaic Period 5 The Woodland Period 6 The Mississippian Period 9 Moundville 9 Lubbub Creek 11 Into the Colonial Era 15 2 Interactions with European Cultures 17 Ethnographic Information on the Choctaw 18 The Spanish Invasion 23 Relations with the French 23 Relations with the English 25 Conclusion 26