Cahokia's Complexities

In the United States, Cahokia has been the focus of intense archaeological work to explain its mysteries. As one of the foremost experts on Cahokia, Susan M. Alt addresses long-standing considerations of eastern Woodlands archaeology - the beginnings, character, and ending of Mississippian culture (AD 1050-1600) - from a novel theoretical and empirical vantage point.

Noile descoperiri critice si tiparele arheologice sporesc intelegerea culturii si societatii timpurii din Mississippian. Motivele cresterii si caderii primelor orase si centre ceremoniale din intreaga lume au fost cautate de secole.