Feeding Cahokia: Early Agriculture in the North American Heartland

by Gayle J. Fritz

Book Overview

An authoritative and thoroughly accessible overview of farming and food practices at Cahokia

Agriculture is rightly emphasized as the center of the economy in most studies of Cahokian society, but the focus is often predominantly on corn. This farming economy is typically framed in terms of ruling elites living in mound centers who demanded tribute and a mass surplus to be hoarded or distributed as they saw fit. Farmers are cast...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817360042
• ISBN13: 9780817360047
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"