This ambitious book provides a theoretical explanation of how prehistoric Cahokia became a stratified society, and ultimately the pinnacle of Native American cultural achievement north of Mexico. Considering Cahokia in terms of class struggle, Pauketat claims that the political consolidation in this region of the Mississippi Valley happened quite suddenly, around A.D. 1000, after which the lords of Cahokia innovated strategies to preserve their power and ultimately emerged as divine chiefs. The new ideas and new data in this volume will invigorate the debate surrounding one of the most important developments in North American prehistory.
- ISBN10 0585193541
- ISBN13 9780585193540
- Publish Date December 1994 (first published 30 September 1994)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint The University of Alabama Press
- Format eBook
- Language English