Cahokia and the Archaeology of Power

by Thomas E. Emerson

Examines the authority a ruling elite exercised over the surrounding countryside through a complex of social, political, and religious symbolism

This study uses the theoretical concepts of agency, power, and ideology to explore the development of cultural complexity within the hierarchically organized Cahokia Middle Mississippian society of the American Bottom from the 11th to the 13th centuries. By scrutinizing the available archaeological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817308881
• ISBN13: 9780817308889
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"