Land of water, city of the dead : religion and Cahokia's emergence

Parallelsachtitel: Religion and Cahokia's emergence
1. Verfasser: Baires, Sarah E., 1985- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2017].
Umfang/Format: xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Archaeology of the American South
Schlagworte:
Mississippian culture > Illinois > American Bottom.
Indians of North America > Illinois > American Bottom > Antiquities.
Indians of North America > Religion.
Archaeology and religion.
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)
American Bottom (Ill.) > Antiquities.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: Histories and perspectives of religion and landscapes
  • Living landscapes: Cahokia's natural and urban environments
  • The complexity of religion
  • Cahokia's ridge-top mounds
  • Constructing mortuary spaces: Rattlesnake and Wilson Mounds
  • Beings, shells, and water in burial practice
  • Toward an indigenous archaeology of religion.

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