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The Cahokia Chiefdom. The Archaeology of a Mississippian Society.
G. Milner
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Paperback. Surveys one of North America's great archaeological sites that includes more than one hundred earthen mounds constructed between the 11th and 14th centuries. This detailed study of Cahokia research history documents environmental conditions that affected prehistoric peoples, such as river channels, flooding, and plant and animal life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 69 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HDD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 585.
First published in 1998 by Smithsonian Institution Press, ""The Cahokia Chiefdom"" surveys one of North America's great archaeological sites that includes more than one hundred earthen mounds constructed between the 11th and 14th centuries. Milner paints a vivid picture of the site and its environs while arguing that the regional system was not as powerful and all-encompassing as commonly thought, but was instead a collection of semi-autonomous districts with far fewer people than previously assumed. This detailed study of Cahokia research history documents environmental conditions that affected prehistoric peoples, such as river channels, flooding, and plant and animal life. In ... Read more
First published in 1998 by Smithsonian Institution Press, ""The Cahokia Chiefdom"" surveys one of North America's great archaeological sites that includes more than one hundred earthen mounds constructed between the 11th and 14th centuries. Milner paints a vivid picture of the site and its environs while arguing that the regional system was not as powerful and all-encompassing as commonly thought, but was instead a collection of semi-autonomous districts with far fewer people than previously assumed. This detailed study of Cahokia research history documents environmental conditions that affected prehistoric peoples, such as river channels, flooding, and plant and animal life. In ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813029818
SKU
V9780813029818
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Ref
99-32
About G. Milner
George R. Milner is professor of archaeological anthropology at Pennsylvania State University, and the author of The Moundbuilders: Ancient Peoples of Eastern North America.
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