Cahokia
Cahokia

Author: Timothy R. Pauketat

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9780803287655

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About one thousand years ago, Native Americans built hundreds of earthen platform mounds, plazas, residential areas, and other types of monuments in the vicinity of present-day St. Louis. This sprawling complex, known to archaeologists as Cahokia, was the dominant cultural, ceremonial, and trade center north of Mexico for centuries. This stimulating collection of essays casts new light on the remarkable accomplishments of Cahokia.

The Ascent of Chiefs
The Ascent of Chiefs

Author: Timothy R. Pauketat

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 1994-09-30

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0817307281

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Provides a theoretical explanation of how prehistoric Cahokia became a stratified society Considering Cahokia in terms of class struggle, Pauketat claims that the political consolidation in this region of the Mississippi Valley happened quite suddenly, around A.D. 1000, after which the lords of Cahokia innovated strategies to preserve their power and ultimately emerged as divine chiefs. The new ideas and new data in this volume will invigorate the debate surrounding one of the most important developments in North American prehistory.