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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Alt, Susan M. (1959-....)
Titre(s) : Cahokia's complexities [Texte imprimé] : ceremonies and politics of the first Mississippian farmers / Susan M. Alt
Publication : Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : xiv, 158 pages : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Archaeology of the American South
Lien à la collection : Archaeology of the American south
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Critical new discoveries and archaeological patterns increase understanding of early
Mississippian culture and society. The reasons for the rise and fall of early cities
and ceremonial centers around the world have been sought for centuries. In the United
States, Cahokia has been the focus of intense archaeological work to explain its mysteries.
Cahokia was the first and exponentially the largest of the Mississippian centers that
appeared across the Midwest and Southeast after AD 1000. Located near present-day
East St. Louis, Illinois, the central complex of Cahokia spanned more than 12 square
kilometers and encompassed more than 120 earthen mounds. As one of the foremost experts
on Cahokia, Susan M. Alt addresses long-standing considerations of eastern Woodlands
archaeology--the beginnings, character, and ending of Mississippian culture (AD 1050-1600)--from
a novel theoretical and empirical vantage point. Through this case study on farmers'
immigration and resettling, Alt's narrative reanalyzes the relationship between administration
and diversity, incorporating critical new discoveries and archaeological patterns
from outside of Cahokia. Alt examines the cultural landscape of the Cahokia flood
plain and the layout of one extraordinary upland site, Grossman, as an administrative
settlement where local farmers might have seen or participated in Cahokian rituals
and ceremonies involving a web of ancestors, powers, and places. Alt argues that a
farming district outside the center provides definitive evidences of the attempted
centralized administration of a rural hinterland" -- From the publisher
Sujet(s) : Culture du Mississippi -- American Bottom (Ill., États-Unis)
Archéologie sociale -- American Bottom (Ill., États-Unis)
Cahokia Mounds State historic park (Ill.)
Indice(s) Dewey :
299.7 (23e éd.) = Religions des Autochtones d'Amérique du Nord
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780817319762. - ISBN 081731976X. - ISBN 9780817391737 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb468755508
Notice n° :
FRBNF46875550
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: structure of the book ; Cahokia's complex relationships ; Cahokia's
ritual-residential core ; Cahokia's diverse farmers ; The architecture of Grossmann
; The remains of special events ; Complexity and hybridity reconsidered
