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Author:

Alt, Susan M., 1959- author.

Title:

Cahokia's complexities : ceremonies and politics of the first Mississippian farmers / Susan M. Alt.

Publisher:

The University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xiv, 158 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mississippian culture--American Bottom.--American Bottom.
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)--Antiquities.
Social archaeology--American Bottom.--American Bottom.
Indians of North America--American Bottom--American Bottom--Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Indians of North America--Antiquities.
Mississippian culture.
Social archaeology.
Illinois--American Bottom.
Illinois--Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: structure of the book -- Cahokia's complex relationships -- Cahokia's ritual-residential core -- Cahokia's diverse farmers -- The architecture of Grossmann -- The remains of special events -- Complexity and hybridity reconsidered.

Series:

Archaeology of the American South: new directions and perspectives

ISBN:

081731976X
9780817319762

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1001251224

LCCN:

2017038248

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)