Cahokia : Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World

by Pauketat, Timothy R.

• ISBN13: 9780803287655
• ISBN10: 0803287658
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

About one thousand years ago, Native Americans built hundreds of earthen platform mounds, plazas, residential areas, and other types of monuments in the vicinity of present-day St. Louis. This sprawling complex, known to archaeologists as Cahokia, was the dominant cultural, ceremonial, and trade center north of Mexico for centuries. This stimulating collection of essays casts new light on the remarkable accomplishments of Cahokia.

Author Biography

Timothy R. Pauketat, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is the author of The Ascent of Chiefs: Cahokia and Mississippian Politics in Native North America. Thomas E. Emerson is director of the Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program and an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is coeditor of Late Woodland Societies: Tradition and Transformation across the Midcontinent.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables
Introduction: Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World	p. 1
Cahokian Political Economy	p. 30
Cahokian Food Production Reconsidered	p. 52
Patterns of Faunal Exploitation of Cahokia	p. 69
The Construction of Mississippian Cahokia	p. 89
Cahokian Population Dynamics	p. 103
Cahokia Settlement and Social Structures as Viewed from the ICT-II	p. 124
Stirling-Phase Sociopolitical Activity at East St. Louis and Cahokia	p. 141
Reflections from the Countryside on Cahokian Hegemony	p. 167
Cahokian Elite Ideology and the Mississippian Cosmos	p. 190
Some Developmental Parallels between Cahokia and Moundville	p. 229
The Role of Cahokia in the Evolution of Southeastern Mississippian Society	p. 248
Conclusion: Cahokia and the Four Winds	p. 269
Notes	p. 279
References	p. 291
Contributors	p. 347
Index	p. 351
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