Land of water, city of the dead : religion and Cahokia's emergence /

Land of water, city of the dead : religion and Cahokia's emergence /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Baires, Sarah E., 1985- author.
Imprint:	Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Archaeology of the American South: New Directions and Perspectives. Archaeology of the American South.
Subject:	Mississippian culture -- Illinois -- American Bottom. Indians of North America -- Illinois -- American Bottom -- Antiquities. Indians of North America -- Religion. Archaeology and religion. Antiquities. Archaeology and religion. Indians of North America -- Antiquities. Indians of North America -- Religion. Mississippian culture. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.) American Bottom (Ill.) -- Antiquities. Illinois -- American Bottom. Illinois -- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11677192

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Religion and Cahokia's emergence
ISBN:	9780817391249 081739124X 9780817319526 0817319522
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Baires, Sarah E., 1985- Land of water, city of the dead. Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2017] 9780817319526

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Histories and perspectives of religion and landscapes
Living landscapes: Cahokia's natural and urban environments
The complexity of religion
Cahokia's ridge-top mounds
Constructing mortuary spaces: Rattlesnake and Wilson Mounds
Beings, shells, and water in burial practice
Toward an indigenous archaeology of religion.