Cahokia and the Archaeology of Power.

This dramatic and controversial new interpretation of Cahokian leadership strategies examines the authority a ruling elite exercised over the surrounding countryside through a complex of social, political, and religious symbolism.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Emerson, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1997.
Temas:
Social archaeology > Illinois > American Bottom.
Mississippian culture > Illinois > American Bottom.
Indians of North America > Illinois > American Bottom > Antiquities.
Archéologie sociale > Illinois > American Bottom.
Culture du Mississippi > Illinois > American Bottom.
Antiquities
Indians of North America > Antiquities
Mississippian culture
Social archaeology
American Bottom (Ill.) > Antiquities.
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)
Illinois > American Bottom
Illinois > Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Conceptual Parameters; 3. The Cultural-Historical Contexts; 4. Mississippian Rural Settlement; 5. Cahokian Rural Nodes: The Archaeological Evidence; 6. Interpreting Cahokian Rural Settlements; 7. The Cahokian Symbolic World; 8. Cahokian Rural Cults; 9. Conclusions; References Cited; Index.

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