Chiefdoms and other archaeological delusions / / Timothy R. Pauketat
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| Autore: |
Pauketat Timothy R
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| Titolo: |
Chiefdoms and other archaeological delusions / / Timothy R. Pauketat
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, : AltaMira Press, c2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 977/.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Mississippian culture - East (U.S.) |
| Indians of North America - East (U.S.) - Politics and government | |
| Chiefdoms - East (U.S.) - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | East (U.S.) Antiquities |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-246) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Chiefdoms and other archaeological delusions |
| ISBN: | 1-282-49795-2 |
| 9786612497957 | |
| 0-7591-1250-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813395903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Issues in Eastern Woodlands archaeology.