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Cahokia
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Author : Timothy R. Pauketat
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-07-30
Cahokia written by Timothy R. Pauketat and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-30 with History categories.
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.
Ancient Cahokia And The Mississippians
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Author : Timothy R. Pauketat
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-06-17
Ancient Cahokia And The Mississippians written by Timothy R. Pauketat and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-17 with Social Science categories.
Using a wealth of archaeological evidence, this book outlines the development of Mississippian civilization.
Old Cahokia
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Author : John Francis McDermott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1949
Old Cahokia written by John Francis McDermott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1949 with Cahokia (Ill.) categories.
Notes On Old Cahokia
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Author : Charles Emil Peterson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
Notes On Old Cahokia written by Charles Emil Peterson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Cahokia (Ill.) categories.
The Ancient Splendor Of Prehistoric Cahokia
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Author : Sidney G. Denny
language : en
Publisher: Ozark Publishing
Release Date : 1997
The Ancient Splendor Of Prehistoric Cahokia written by Sidney G. Denny and has been published by Ozark Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.) categories.
Stories of life in west, fantasy, history, animal fiction and real life.
Feeding Cahokia
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Author : Gayle J. Fritz
language : en
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Release Date : 2019-01-15
Feeding Cahokia written by Gayle J. Fritz and has been published by University Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-15 with Social Science categories.
An authoritative and thoroughly accessible overview offarming and food practices at Cahokia Agriculture is rightly emphasized as the center of the economy in most studies of Cahokian society, but the focus is often predominantly on corn. This farming economy is typically framed in terms of ruling elites living in mound centers who demanded tribute and a mass surplus to be hoarded or distributed as they saw fit. Farmers are cast as commoners who grew enough surplus corn to provide for the elites. Feeding Cahokia: Early Agriculture in the North American Heartland presents evidence to demonstrate that the emphasis on corn has created a distorted picture of Cahokia’s agricultural practices. Farming at Cahokia was biologically diverse and, as such, less prone to risk than was maize-dominated agriculture. Gayle J. Fritz shows that the division between the so-called elites and commoners simplifies and misrepresents the statuses of farmers—a workforce consisting of adult women and their daughters who belonged to kin groups crosscutting all levels of the Cahokian social order. Many farmers had considerable influence and decision-making authority, and they were valued for their economic contributions, their skills, and their expertise in all matters relating to soils and crops. Fritz examines the possible roles played by farmers in the processes of producing and preparing food and in maintaining cosmological balance. This highly accessible narrative by an internationally known paleoethnobotanist highlights the biologically diverse agricultural system by focusing on plants, such as erect knotweed, chenopod, and maygrass, which were domesticated in the midcontinent and grown by generations of farmers before Cahokia Mounds grew to be the largest Native American population center north of Mexico. Fritz also looks at traditional farming systems to apply strategies that would be helpful to modern agriculture, including reviving wild and weedy descendants of these lost crops for redomestication. With a wealth of detail on specific sites, traditional foods, artifacts such as famous figurines, and color photos of significant plants, Feeding Cahokia will satisfy both scholars and interested readers.
Cahokia Ancient Capital Of The Midwest
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Author : Melvin Leo Fowler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Cahokia Ancient Capital Of The Midwest written by Melvin Leo Fowler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.) categories.
Cahokia Mounds
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Author : William Iseminger
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2010-03-03
Cahokia Mounds written by William Iseminger and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-03 with History categories.
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.
The Cahokia Atlas
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Author : Melvin Leo Fowler
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1997
The Cahokia Atlas written by Melvin Leo Fowler and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Sun Born
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Author : W. Michael Gear
language : en
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date : 2016-10-18
Sun Born written by W. Michael Gear and has been published by Tor Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-18 with Fiction categories.
An old enemy has returned to Cahokia with vengeance in his heart. Will the empire’s living god choose to save his city? A thousand years ago, the mighty Cahokian civilization dominated the North American continent. At the heart of the empire stood a vast city, teeming with tens of thousands of residents, traders, and travelers. The city of Cahokia sent settlers and priests throughout the continent, from Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, carrying word of the power of their gods. People who wouldn't bow to that power were conquered or slaughtered. Power rested in one being, Morning Star, a god resurrected in the body of a living man. A new threat has come to the city, emissaries from a civilization that rivals and perhaps even surpasses that of Cahokia. It soon becomes apparent to the gods-possessed Lady Night Shadow Star, human sister of Morning Star, that her people could be conquered by this technologically advanced culture. With the fate of their cosmos as a wager, the people of Cahokia are faced with a battle between the gods. Morning Star is unwilling—or unable—to fight to defend his people. Who then, will save them? With Sun Born, the second title in the Morning Star Trilogy, W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear take readers back to this amazing place with a tale of murder, magic, and the battle for a people's very soul. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.