Cahokia: A World Renewal Cult Heterarchy de A. Martin Byers - 2009-04-01

University Press of Florida, 2009. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover book in very good condition. Questions welcome. We ship internationally from the United States and Canada every week. If buying internationally, please be aware that additional charges may apply for heavier books. We guarantee a safe, quick, and secure transaction. 10+ years in online bookselling experience.

University Press of Florida, 2009-03-31. paperback. Good. 6x1x9. Paperback. Minorly bent on the cover's fore-edge. Binding tight. Name on front end sheet. No writing, highlighting, or marks in text. Contains maps, illustrations and pictures. From the estate of a smoker.

University Press of Florida, 2009. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback / softback. New. "[Byers] confronts conventional interpretations of the hierarchical socio-political organization of prehistoric Cahokia, arguing that its rise in the twelfth century resulted from its importance as a heterarchical multi-cult center. Both provoking and stimulating, Cahokia's arguments challenge current assumptions in archaeological reconstructions of prehistoric political complexity."--Thomas E. Emerson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Cahokia is located in the northern expanse of American Bottom, the largest of the Mississippian flood plains, and opposite St. Louis, Missouri. Byers overturns the current political characterization of this largest known North American prehistoric site north of Mexico. Rather than treating Cahokia as the seat of a dominant Native American polity, a "paramount chiefdom," Byers argues that it must be given a religious characterization as a world renewal cult center. Furthermore, the social and… Leer más

Univ Pr of Florida, 2009. Paperback. New. 616 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.50 inches.

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