Land of Water, City of the Dead: Religion and Cahokia's Emergence

by Sarah E Baires and Sarah E. Baires

Book Overview

Explores the embodiment of religion in the Cahokia land and how places create, make meaningful, and transform practices and beliefs

Cahokia, the largest city of the Mississippian mound cultures, lies outside present-day East St. Louis. Land of Water, City of the Dead reconceptualizes Cahokia's emergence and expansion (ca. 1050-1200), focusing on understanding a newly imagined religion and complexity through a non-Western...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817360735
• ISBN13: 9780817360733
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary