From quarry to cornfield : the political economy of Mississippian Hoe production /

From quarry to cornfield : the political economy of Mississippian Hoe production /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cobb, Charles R. (Charles Richard), 1956-
Imprint:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2000.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Hoes, Prehistoric -- Mississippi River Valley. Mississippian culture. Indians of North America -- Illinois -- Antiquities. Antiquities. Hoes, Prehistoric. Indians of North America -- Antiquities. Mississippian culture. Mill Creek Site (Ill.) Illinois -- Antiquities. Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities. Illinois. Illinois -- Mill Creek Site. Mississippi River Valley. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11226498

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ISBN:	9780817383435 0817383433 0817310509 9780817310509
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-249) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	From Quarry to Cornfield provides an innovative model for examining the technology of hoe production and its contribution to theagriculture of Mississippian communities.
Other form:	Print version: Cobb, Charles R. (Charles Richard), 1956- From quarry to cornfield. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2000

Table of Contents:

A day in the life
Specialization, exchange, and power in small-scale societies and chiefdoms
Exchanging chert, consuming chert
Rethinking the organization of lithic technology
Life in the Mississippian uplands
The regional structure of Hoe production
Hoe production and the domestic economy
Production and power: defining scales.