Cahokia: Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World

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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. Timothy R. Pauketat| an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois| Urbana-Champaign| is the author of The Ascent of Chiefs: Cahokia and Mississippian Politics in Native North America. Thomas E. Emerson is director of the Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program and an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois| Urbana-Champaign. He is coeditor of Late Woodland Societies: Tradition and Transformation across the Midcontinent.