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100 1 $aPauketat, Timothy R.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91114385
245 10 $aCahokia :$bancient America's great city on the Mississippi /$cTimothy R. Pauketat.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bViking,$c2009.
300 $a194 pages :$bmap ;$c20 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aThe Penguin library of American Indian history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 $a"Almost a thousand years ago, a Native American city flourished on the banks of the Mississippi River near what is now St Louis. Cahokia was a thriving metropolis at its height, with a population of twenty thousand centered around a sprawling plaza and scores of spectacular earthen mounds. The city gave rise to a new culture that spread across the plains; yet by 1400 it had been abandoned, leaving only the giant mounds as monuments and traces of its influence in tribes we know today." "In Cahokia, anthropologist Timothy R. Pauketat reveals the story of the city and its people as uncovered by the dramatic digs of American corn-belt archaeologists. These excavations have revealed evidence of a powerful society, including complex celestial timepieces, the remains of feasts big enough to feed thousands, and disturbing signs of large-scale human sacrifice." "Drawing on these pioneering digs and a wealth of analysis by historians and archaeologists, Pauketat provides a comprehensive picture of what has been discovered about Cahokia and how these findings have challenged our perceptions of Native Americans."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aMississippian culture$zIllinois$zCahokia Mounds State Historic Park.
650 0 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zIllinois$zCahokia Mounds State Historic Park.
651 0 $aCahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000503
651 0 $aAmerican Bottom (Ill.)$xAntiquities.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004294
830 0 $aPenguin library of American Indian history.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007075778
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2008054092-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2008054092-d.html
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