Land of Water, City of the Dead - Religion and Cahokia's Emergence

Explores the embodiment of religion in the Cahokia land and how places create, make meaningful, and transform practices and beliefs. Cahokia, the largest city of the Mississippian mound cultures, lies outside present-day East St. Louis. This study reconceptualizes Cahokia's emergence and expansion, focusing on understanding a newly imagined religion and complexity through a non-Western lens.

Summary

Explores the embodiment of religion in the Cahokia land and how places create, make meaningful, and transform practices and beliefs. Cahokia, the largest city of the Mississippian mound cultures, lies outside present-day East St. Louis. This study reconceptualizes Cahokia's emergence and expansion, focusing on understanding a newly imagined religion and complexity through a non-Western lens.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah E. Baires
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9780817319526
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-1952-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Archaeology of the American So; Archaeology of the American South: New Directions and Perspectives; Archaeology of the American So
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology