Chiefdoms and other archaeological delusions /

Pauketat, Timothy R.,

Chiefdoms and other archaeological delusions / Timothy R. Pauketat. - xii, 257 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Issues in Eastern Woodlands archaeology . - Issues in Eastern Woodlands archaeology. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-246) and index.

Principles and principals -- A crisis in Mississippian archaeology -- Breaking the law of cultural dominance -- Parsing Mississippian chiefdoms -- The X factor -- Yoffee's rule and Cahokia -- What constitutes civilization? Community and control in the Southwest, Mexico, and Mesopotamia -- Truth, justice, and the archaeological way.

0759108285 9780759108288 0759108293 9780759108295

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Mississippian culture--East (U.S.)
Indians of North America--Politics and government--East (U.S.)
Chiefdoms--History--East (U.S.)


East (U.S.)--Antiquities

E99.M6815 / P385 2007

977.01

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