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Cahokia : ancient America's great city on the Mississippi / Timothy R. Pauketat.

Summary:

An anthropologist examines a Native American city that flourished along the Mississippi River near present-day St. Louis almost a thousand years ago, describing evidence of a once-powerful society that had been abandoned by 1400.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780143117476 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0143117475 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 194 p. : ill., map ; 19 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Viking, 2009.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The mother of Native North America -- Supernova -- Walking into Cahokia -- The original rolling stones -- Ghosts of archaeologists -- Discovery at Mound 72 -- Twin heroes -- American Indian royalty -- Digging for the goddess -- Wrestling with the gods -- Treasure maps of the past -- High plains drifting.
Subject:
Mississippian culture > Illinois > Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Illinois > Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park.
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)
American Bottom (Ill.) > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archeology) > Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)
American Bottom (Ill.) > Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Mississippian culture.
Illinois > American Bottom.
Illinois > Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library E 99 .M6815 P375 2009 281649 Stacks Reshelving -