Cahokia and the North American worlds / Sarah E. Baires.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baires, Sarah E., 1985- author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the global Middle Ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mississippian culture.

temple mound period.

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.).

Illinois--Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park.

Physical Description:

87 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"The City of Cahokia provides a unique case study to review what draws people to a place and why. This Element examines not only the emergence and decline of this great American city but also its intersection with the broader Native American world during medieval period. Cahokia was not an isolated complex but a place vivid on the landscape where people made pilgrimages to and from Cahokia for trade and religious practices. It was a central place with expansive reach and cultural influence. This Element analyses the social and political processes that helped create this city while also reflecting on the trajectory of Native American history in North America."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Cahokia in context

The global Mississippian world and its forebearers

Historicizing the Cahokian world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-87).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1108928765

9781108928762

OCLC:

1276932776

Publisher Number:

99993579245