Table of Contents

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.

Promotional Information

Using a wealth of archaeological evidence, this book outlines the development of Mississippian civilization.

About the Author

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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