Cahokia and the archaeology of power [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas E. Emerson

• Autore: Emerson Thomas E. <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, AL, : University of Alabama Press, c1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 977.3/89
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - Illinois - American Bottom - Antiquities; Mississippian culture - Illinois - American Bottom; Social archaeology - Illinois - American Bottom
• Soggetto geografico: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.); American Bottom (Ill.) Antiquities
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-306) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, Em
• Titolo autorizzato: Cahokia and the archaeology of power
• ISBN: 0-8173-8365-4; 0-585-18412-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778990703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II