Cahokia, ancient America's great city on the Mississippi, Timothy R. Pauketat
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- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Illinois -- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park
- Mississippian culture -- Illinois -- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park
- American Bottom (Ill.) -- Antiquities
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)
- Indians of North America -- Illinois -- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park -- Antiquities
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Cahokia, ancient America's great city on the Mississippi, Timothy R. Pauketat
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Cahokia
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
468975254
Responsibility statement
Timothy R. Pauketat
Series statement
The Penguin library of American Indian history
Sub title
ancient America's great city on the Mississippi
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
Table of contents
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
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