Life in a Mississippian Warscape - Common Field, Cahokia, and the Effects of Warfare

About the author

Meghan E. Buchanan is associate professor of anthropology at Auburn University. She is the coeditor of Tracing the Relational: The Archaeology of Worlds, Spirits, and Temporalities.

Summary

Argues that to understand the big histories of warfare, political fragmentation, and resilience in the past archaeologists must also analyse and interpret the microscale actions of the past. These are the daily activities of people before, during, and after historical events.

Product details

• Authors: Meghan E Buchanan, Meghan E. Buchanan
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2022
• EAN: 9780817321383
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2138-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 232 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 440 g
• Series: Archaeology of the American So; Archaeology of the American South: New Directions and Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology