LEADER 02672nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910778985303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8418-9 010 $a0-585-19354-1 035 $a(CKB)111004368623092 035 $a(EBL)1047521 035 $a(OCoLC)817893377 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000106305 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11128040 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106305 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10106083 035 $a(PQKB)11541964 035 $a(OCoLC)44956835 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9059 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1047521 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10527736 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1047521 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368623092 100 $a19931116d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe ascent of chiefs$b[electronic resource] $eCahokia and Mississippian politics in Native North America /$fTimothy R. Pauketat 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc1994 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-0728-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $a 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 mo 606 $aMississippian culture 606 $aChiefdoms 607 $aCahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.) 615 0$aMississippian culture. 615 0$aChiefdoms. 676 $a977.3/89 700 $aPauketat$b Timothy R$0834837 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778985303321 996 $aThe ascent of chiefs$93869150 997 $aUNINA