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



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Autore: Pauketat Timothy R Visualizza persona
Titolo: The ascent of chiefs [[electronic resource] ] : Cahokia and Mississippian politics in Native North America / / Timothy R. Pauketat Visualizza cluster
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.)
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
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ISBN: 0-8173-8418-9
0-585-19354-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455175803321
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