The ascent of chiefs : Cahokia and Mississippian politics in Native North America / Timothy R. Pauketat.

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...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author:	Pauketat, Timothy R.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1994.
Subjects:	Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.) Mississippian culture. Chiefdoms. Illinois > Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park.