1. Civilization in North America; 2. Geography, resources, and the Mississippian ethnoscape; 3. Villages along the Mississippi; 4. Early Cahokia; 5. Greater Cahokia; 6. Mississippianization; 7. The struggle for identity; 8. Conclusion.
Using a wealth of archaeological evidence, this book outlines the development of Mississippian civilization.
Timothy R. Pauketat is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His publications include The Archaeology of Traditions (2001), Cahokia: Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World (with T. Emerson, 1997) and The Ascent of Chiefs (1994)
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