02896nam 2200613Ia 450 991077899070332120200520144314.00-8173-8365-40-585-18412-7(CKB)111004368625270(EBL)547643(OCoLC)648711530(SSID)ssj0000116737(PQKBManifestationID)11143826(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000116737(PQKBWorkID)10035640(PQKB)11175193(OCoLC)44956190(MdBmJHUP)muse9133(Au-PeEL)EBL547643(CaPaEBR)ebr10408271(MiAaPQ)EBC547643(EXLCZ)9911100436862527019970327d1997 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCahokia and the archaeology of power[electronic resource] /Thomas E. EmersonTuscaloosa, AL University of Alabama Pressc19971 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-0888-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-306) and index.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 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. This study uses the theoretical concepts of agency, power, and ideology to explore the development of cultural complexity within the hierarchically organized Cahokia Middle Mississippian society of the American Bottom from the 11th to the 13th centuries. By scrutinizing the available archaeological settlement and symbolic evidence, EmIndians of North AmericaIllinoisAmerican BottomAntiquitiesMississippian cultureIllinoisAmerican BottomSocial archaeologyIllinoisAmerican BottomCahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)American Bottom (Ill.)AntiquitiesIndians of North AmericaAntiquities.Mississippian cultureSocial archaeology977.3/89Emerson Thomas E.1945-834838MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778990703321Cahokia and the archaeology of power3705677UNINA