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