The Archaeology Of Downtown Cahokia

Author : Timothy R. Pauketat,Preston T. Miracle,Sandra L. Dunavan
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0964488140

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The Archaeology of Downtown Cahokia by Timothy R. Pauketat,Preston T. Miracle,Sandra L. Dunavan Pdf

"The information, interpretations, and conclusions presented in this volume represent only one small portion of the outpouring of new ideas that have been produced by Dr. Timothy Pauketat's analysis of the Tract 15A and Dunham Tract archaeological remains. His research, which began in 1988, quickly produced a dissertation entitled The Dynamics of Pre-state Political Centralization in the North American Midcontinent followed by a theoretically oriented monograph, The Ascent of Chiefs: Cahokia and Mississippian Politics in Native North America, and numerous articles on the Cahokian sphere. Up until now, however, the structural and artifactual basis for Pauketat's innovative interpretations and new understanding of Cahokia have not been available to a wide audience. As Pauketat himself notes in his introduction, "significant advances in understanding past large-scale human organizations... require large archaeological samples" and additional advances demand that this information be made available to as wide an audience of fellow scholars as possible. This volume represents such a contribution to the present and future study of the great Cahokian center" -- From the publisher.

Author : Timothy R. Pauketat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1930487258

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The Archaeology of Downtown Cahokia II by Timothy R. Pauketat Pdf

Author : Susan M. Alt
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780817319762

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Cahokia's Complexities by Susan M. Alt Pdf

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.

Author : Sarah E. Baires
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780817319526

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Land of Water, City of the Dead by Sarah E. Baires Pdf

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 lens. Sarah E. Baires argues that this system of beliefs was a dynamic, lived component, based on a broader ontology, with roots in other mound societies. This religion was realized through novel mortuary practices and burial mounds as well as through the careful planning and development of this early city’s urban landscape. Baires analyzes the organization and alignment of the precinct of downtown Cahokia with a specific focus on the newly discovered and excavated Rattlesnake Causeway and the ridge-top mortuary mounds located along the site axes. Land of Water, City of the Dead also presents new data from the 1954 excavations of the ridge-top mortuary Wilson Mound and a complete analysis of the associated human remains. Through this skeletal analysis, Baires discusses the ways that Cahokians processed and buried their ancestors, identifying unique mortuary practices that include the intentional dismemberment of human bodies and burial with marine shell beads and other materials.

Author : William Iseminger
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-03
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781614230052

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Cahokia Mounds by William Iseminger Pdf

About one thousand years ago, a phenomenon occurred in a fertile tract of Mississippi River flood plain known today as the "American Bottom." This phenomenon came to be called Cahokia Mounds, America's first city. Interpreting the rich heritage of a site like Cahokia Mounds is a balancing act; the interpreter must speak as a scholar to the general public on behalf of an entirely different civilization. Since even those three groups are splintered into myriad dialects of perspective, sometimes it is hard to know what language to use. But William Iseminger's work at the site has given him nearly four decades of practice in Cahokia Conversation 101, and he tells the story of the place and its ancient culture (as well as its place in contemporary culture) with the clarity and confidence of a native speaker.

Author : Melvin Leo Fowler
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0964488132

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The Cahokia Atlas by Melvin Leo Fowler Pdf

Author : Thomas E. Emerson,Brad Koldehoff,Tamira K. Brennan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : American Bottom (Ill.)
ISBN : 193048755X

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Revealing Greater Cahokia, North America's First Native City by Thomas E. Emerson,Brad Koldehoff,Tamira K. Brennan Pdf

Author : Timothy R. Pauketat,Thomas E. Emerson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803287658

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Cahokia by Timothy R. Pauketat,Thomas E. Emerson Pdf

About one thousand years ago, Native Americans built hundreds of earthen platform mounds, plazas, residential areas, and other types of monuments in the vicinity of present-day St. Louis. This sprawling complex, known to archaeologists as Cahokia, was the dominant cultural, ceremonial, and trade center north of Mexico for centuries. This stimulating collection of essays casts new light on the remarkable accomplishments of Cahokia.

Author : Timothy R. Pauketat
Publisher : U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780915703333

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Temples for Cahokia Lords by Timothy R. Pauketat Pdf

Author : Timothy R. Pauketat
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101105177

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Cahokia by Timothy R. Pauketat Pdf

The fascinating story of a lost city and an unprecedented American civilization located in modern day Illinois near St. Louis While Mayan and Aztec civilizations are widely known and documented, relatively few people are familiar with the largest prehistoric Native American city north of Mexico-a site that expert Timothy Pauketat brings vividly to life in this groundbreaking book. Almost a thousand years ago, a city flourished along the Mississippi River near what is now St. Louis. Built around a sprawling central plaza and known as Cahokia, the site has drawn the attention of generations of archaeologists, whose work produced evidence of complex celestial timepieces, feasts big enough to feed thousands, and disturbing signs of human sacrifice. Drawing on these fascinating finds, Cahokia presents a lively and astonishing narrative of prehistoric America.

Author : Benjamin A. Steere
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780817319496

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The Archaeology of Houses and Households in the Native Southeast by Benjamin A. Steere Pdf

"This book explores changes in houses and households in the southeastern United States from the Woodland to the Historic Indian Period (ca. 200 B.C. to A.D. 1800). Most studies of domestic architecture in the Southeast have been conducted at the single-site scale. As a result, broader spatial and temporal patterns of variation in houses and households are not well understood. To address this problem, Steere constructed a database that catalogues the architectural features of 1,258 structures from 65 sites in the Southern Appalachian region and surrounding areas. Significant trends identified by this comparative study include changes in the size and spacing of houses, changes in architectural investment, and a secular trend toward the increasing segmentation of houses. Using a theoretical framework developed from household archaeology and anthropology, Steere argues that certain aspects of this architectural variation can be explained by changes in household economics and household composition, symbolic behavior, status differentiation, and settlement patterning. More generally, he proposes that large-scale patterns of diachronic and synchronic variation in domestic architecture are best explained by changes in social organization"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Marcello-Andrea Canuto,Jason Yaeger both at
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135125431

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Archaeology of Communities by Marcello-Andrea Canuto,Jason Yaeger both at Pdf

The Archaeology of Communities develops a critical evaluation of community and shows that it represents more than a mere aggregation of households. This collection bridges the gap between studies of ancient societies and ancient households. The community is taken to represent more than a mere aggregation of households, it exists in part through shared identities, as well as frequent interaction and inter-household integration. Drawing on case studies which range in location from the Mississippi Valley to New Mexico, from the Southern Andes to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Madison County, Virginia, the book explores and discusses communities from a whole range of periods, from Pre-Columbian to the late Classic. Discussions of actual communities are reinforced by strong debate on, for example, the distinction between 'Imagined Community' and 'Natural Community.'

Author : Brad H. Koldehoff,Timothy R. Pauketat
Publisher : University Alabama Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780817319960

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Archaeology and Ancient Religion in the American Midcontinent by Brad H. Koldehoff,Timothy R. Pauketat Pdf

Analyses of big datasets signal important directions for the archaeology of religion in the Archaic to Mississippian Native North America Across North America, huge data accumulations derived from decades of cultural resource management studies, combined with old museum collections, provide archaeologists with unparalleled opportunities to explore new questions about the lives of ancient native peoples. For many years the topics of technology, economy, and political organization have received the most research attention, while ritual, religion, and symbolic expression have largely been ignored. This was often the case because researchers considered such topics beyond reach of their methods and data. In Archaeology and Ancient Religion in the American Midcontinent, editors Brad H. Koldehoff and Timothy R. Pauketat and their contributors demonstrate that this notion is outdated through their analyses of a series of large datasets from the midcontinent, ranging from tiny charred seeds to the cosmic alignments of mounds, they consider new questions about the religious practices and lives of native peoples. At the core of this volume are case studies that explore religious practices from the Cahokia area and surrounding Illinois uplands. Additional chapters explore these topics using data collected from sites and landscapes scattered along the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys. This innovative work facilitates a greater appreciation for, and understanding of, ancient native religious practices, especially their seamless connections to everyday life and livelihood. The contributors do not advocate for a reduced emphasis on technology, economy, and political organization; rather, they recommend expanding the scope of such studies to include considerations of how religious practices shaped the locations of sites, the character of artifacts, and the content and arrangement of sites and features. They also highlight analytical approaches that are applicable to archaeological datasets from across the Americas and beyond.

Author : Timothy R. Pauketat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521520665

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Ancient Cahokia and the Mississippians by Timothy R. Pauketat Pdf

Using a wealth of archaeological evidence, this book outlines the development of Mississippian civilization.

Author : Robert W. Preucel,Stephen A. Mrozowski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781444358513

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Contemporary Archaeology in Theory by Robert W. Preucel,Stephen A. Mrozowski Pdf

The second edition of Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: The New Pragmatism, has been thoroughly updated and revised, and features top scholars who redefine the theoretical and political agendas of the field, and challenge the usual distinctions between time, space, processes, and people. Defines the relevance of archaeology and the social sciences more generally to the modern world Challenges the traditional boundaries between prehistoric and historical archaeologies Discusses how archaeology articulates such contemporary topics and issues as landscape and natures; agency, meaning and practice; sexuality, embodiment and personhood; race, class, and ethnicity; materiality, memory, and historical silence; colonialism, nationalism, and empire; heritage, patrimony, and social justice; media, museums, and publics Examines the influence of American pragmatism on archaeology Offers 32 new chapters by leading archaeologists and cultural anthropologists