Timothy R. Pauketat

Ancient Cahokia and the Mississippians

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using a wealth of archaeological evidence, this book outlines the development of Mississippian civilization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9780521817400
• ISBN-10: 0521817404
• Artikelnr.: 21467584

Autorenporträt

Timothy R. Pauketat is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His publications include The Archaeology of Traditions (2001), Cahokia: Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World (with T. Emerson, 1997) and The Ascent of Chiefs (1994).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Civilization in North America
2. Geography, resources, and the Mississippian ethnoscape
3. Villages along the Mississippi
4. Early Cahokia
5. Greater Cahokia
6. Mississippianization
7. The struggle for identity
8. Conclusion.