From Cahokia to Larson to Moundville - Death, World Renewal, and the Sacred in the Mississippian Social World of the Late Prehistoric Woodlands (Paperback)

The orthodox view of the Mississippian social world hinges on the idea that chiefdoms-dominance- based hierarchical societies in the Eastern Woodlands of North America-vied for power, often violently but at times cooperatively, through political and economic avenues. These chiefdoms represented something of a feudal state in prehistoric North America, which lasted up to the contract period with Europeans around 1500 AD. In From Cahokia to Larson to Moundville, noted archaeologist A. Martin Byers challenges these assumptions and offers a contrasting view by deconstructing the chiefdom model and offering instead an autonomous social world that focused on spiritual renewal and sacred rituals. Byers presents his case through the archaeological record of Cahokia, Larson, and Moundville's monumental earthworks and, in doing so, reveals the Mississippian social community to be more complex, and more cooperative, than previously envisioned.

General

Imprint:	University of Tennessee Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2015
Authors:	A. Martin Byers
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	706
ISBN-13:	978-1-62190-123-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-62190-123-8
Barcode:	9781621901235

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