Cahokia and the archaeology of power /

Cahokia and the archaeology of power /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Emerson, Thomas E., 1945-
Imprint:	Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c1997.
Description:	xv, 317 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Indians of North America -- Illinois -- American Bottom -- Antiquities. Mississippian culture -- Illinois -- American Bottom. Social archaeology -- Illinois -- American Bottom. Antiquities. Indians of North America -- Antiquities. Mississippian culture. Social archaeology. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.) American Bottom (Ill.) -- Antiquities. Illinois -- American Bottom. Illinois -- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2786958

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ISBN:	0817308881 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-306) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The Conceptual Parameters
3. The Cultural-Historical Contexts
4. Mississippian Rural Settlement
5. Cahokian Rural Nodes: The Archaeological Evidence
Summary
6. Interpreting Cahokian Rural Settlements
7. The Cahokian Symbolic World
Summary
8. Cahokian Rural Cults
9. Conclusions
References Cited
Index