02672nam 2200577 a 450 991077898530332120200520144314.00-8173-8418-90-585-19354-1(CKB)111004368623092(EBL)1047521(OCoLC)817893377(SSID)ssj0000106305(PQKBManifestationID)11128040(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106305(PQKBWorkID)10106083(PQKB)11541964(OCoLC)44956835(MdBmJHUP)muse9059(Au-PeEL)EBL1047521(CaPaEBR)ebr10527736(MiAaPQ)EBC1047521(EXLCZ)9911100436862309219931116d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ascent of chiefs[electronic resource] Cahokia and Mississippian politics in Native North America /Timothy R. PauketatTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc19941 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-0728-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction: A Mississippian Leviathan; 2. Chiefdoms in Theory and Practice; 3. The Sociohistorical Context of the American Bottom Region; 4. Central and Rural Mississippian Patterns; 5. Diachronic Community and Architectural Evidence; 6. Diachronic Artifactual Evidence; 7. The Generation of the Cahokian Leviathan; Bibliography; Index This ambitious book provides a theoretical explanation of how prehistoric Cahokia became a stratified society, and ultimately the pinnacle of Native American cultural achievement north of Mexico. Considering Cahokia in terms of class struggle, Pauketat claims that the political consolidation in this region of the Mississippi Valley happened quite suddenly, around A.D. 1000, after which the lords of Cahokia innovated strategies to preserve their power and ultimately emerged as divine chiefs. The new ideas and new data in this volume will invigorate the debate surrounding one of the moMississippian cultureChiefdomsCahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)Mississippian culture.Chiefdoms.977.3/89Pauketat Timothy R834837MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778985303321The ascent of chiefs3869150UNINA