The Ascent of Chiefs

Cahokia and Mississippian Politics in Native North America

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, State & Local
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Author: Timothy R. Pauketat ISBN: 9780817384180
Publisher: University of Alabama Press Publication: March 16, 2010
Imprint: University Alabama Press Language: English
Author: Timothy R. Pauketat
ISBN: 9780817384180
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Publication: March 16, 2010
Imprint: University Alabama Press
Language: English

This ambitious book provides a theoretical explanation of how prehistoric Cahokia became a stratified society, and ultimately the pinnacle of Native American cultural achievement north of Mexico. Considering Cahokia in terms of class struggle, Pauketat claims that the political consolidation in this region of the Mississippi Valley happened quite suddenly, around A.D. 1000, after which the lords of Cahokia innovated strategies to preserve their power and ultimately emerged as divine chiefs. The new ideas and new data in this volume will invigorate the debate surrounding one of the most important developments in North American prehistory.

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This ambitious book provides a theoretical explanation of how prehistoric Cahokia became a stratified society, and ultimately the pinnacle of Native American cultural achievement north of Mexico. Considering Cahokia in terms of class struggle, Pauketat claims that the political consolidation in this region of the Mississippi Valley happened quite suddenly, around A.D. 1000, after which the lords of Cahokia innovated strategies to preserve their power and ultimately emerged as divine chiefs. The new ideas and new data in this volume will invigorate the debate surrounding one of the most important developments in North American prehistory.

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