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UNINA9910777917803321 |
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Autore |
Pauketat Timothy R |
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Titolo |
Chiefdoms and other archaeological delusions [[electronic resource] /] / Timothy R. Pauketat |
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Lanham, : AltaMira Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-49795-2 |
9786612497957 |
0-7591-1250-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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Issues in Eastern Woodlands archaeology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mississippian culture - East (U.S.) |
Indians of North America - East (U.S.) - Politics and government |
Chiefdoms - East (U.S.) - History |
East (U.S.) Antiquities |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-246) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE PRINCIPLES AND PRINCIPALS; CHAPTER TWO A CRISIS IN MISSISSIPPIAN ARCHAEOLOGY; CHAPTER THREE BREAKING THE LAW OF CULTURAL DOMINANCE; CHAPTER FOUR PARSING MISSISSIPPIAN CHIEFDOMS; CHAPTER FIVE THE X FACTOR; CHAPTER SIX YOFFEE'S RULE AND CAHOKIA; CHAPTER SEVEN WHAT CONSTITUTES CIVILIZATION? COMMUNITY AND CONTROL IN THE SOUTHWEST, MEXICO, AND MESOPOTAMIA; CHAPTER EIGHT TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL WAY; REFERENCES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book sweeps away the last vestiges of social-evolutionary explanations of 'chiefdoms' by rethinking the history of Pre-Columbian Southeast peoples and comparing them to ancient peoples in the Southwest, Mexico, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia. |
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