Cahokia's Complexities Ceremonies and Politics of the First Mississippian Farmers

Critical new discoveries and archaeological patterns increase understanding of early Mississippian culture and society. The reasons for the rise and fall of early cities and ceremonial centres around the world have been sought for centuries. In the United States, Cahokia has been the focus of intens...

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Main Author Alt, Susan M
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press 2018
University Alabama Press
Edition1
SeriesArchaeology of the American south: new directions and perspectives
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Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)-Antiquities
Indians of North America
Indians of North America-Illinois-American Bottom-Antiquities
Mississippian culture
Mississippian culture-Illinois-American Bottom
Social archaeology
Social archaeology-Illinois-American Bottom
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Summary:Critical new discoveries and archaeological patterns increase understanding of early Mississippian culture and society. The reasons for the rise and fall of early cities and ceremonial centres around the world have been sought for centuries. In the United States, Cahokia has been the focus of intense archaeological work to explain its mysteries. Cahokia was the first and exponentially the largest of the Mississippian centres that appeared across the Midwest and Southeast after AD 1000. Located near present-day East St Louis, Illinois, the central complex of Cahokia spanned more than 12 square kilometers and encompassed more than 120 earthen mounds. As one of the foremost experts on Cahokia, Susan M. Alt addresses long-standing considerations of eastern Woodlands archaeology - from a novel theoretical and empirical vantage point.
ISBN:9780817319762
081731976X