The ascent of chiefs [[electronic resource] ] : Cahokia and Mississippian politics in Native North America / / Timothy R. Pauketat

• Autore: Pauketat Timothy R
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 977.3/89
• Soggetto topico: Mississippian culture; Chiefdoms
• Soggetto geografico: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The ascent of chiefs
• ISBN: 0-8173-8418-9; 0-585-19354-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778985303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II