Cahokia
Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi
$28.71
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
27 July 2010
Summary
The fascinating story of a lost city and an unprecedented American civilization located in modern day Illinois near St. LouisWhile Mayan and Aztec civilizations are widely known and documented, relatively few people are familiar with the largest prehistoric Native American city north of Mexico-a site that expert Timothy Pauketat brings vividly to life in this groundbreaking book. Almost a thousand years ago, a city flourished along the Mississippi River near what is now St. Louis. Built aroun…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143117476 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143117475 |
| Author: | Timothy R. Pauketat |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books India |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 27 July 2010 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 191mm x 127mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Penguin Library of American Indian History (Paperback) |
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Critics Review
“A happy marriage of professional scholarship and childlike enthusiasm.” – Kirkus Reviews
“Page by page, Pauketat compiles the fascinating details of a complex archeological puzzle; explaining the study of cross-cultural goddess worship, cave art, hand tools and games, this volume doubles as a crash-course in the archeological method.” -- Publishers Weekly
“In “Cahokia: Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi,” Timothy R. Pauketat tells the story of the mounds, from what archeologists have been able to discover about their origins nearly a thousand years ago to their near destruction and partially successful preservation in the modern age.”-- The Wall Street Journal
About The Author
Timothy R. Pauketat
Timothy R. Pauketat is an Americanarchaeologistand professor of anthropology at theUniversity of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. After earninga BS inanthropologyand earth sciences fromSouthern Illinois University Edwardsville, he worked as a staff archaeologist at theCenter for American Archaeology. Pauketat is best known for hisresearch onCahokia, the center of the large, regional Mississippian culture that extended throughout the Mississippi Valley and tributaries.
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