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

About the author

Sarah E. Baires is an assistant professor of anthropology at Eastern Connecticut State University.

Summary

Cahokia, the largest city of the Mississippian mound cultures, lies outside present-day East St. Louis. Land of Water, City of the Dead reconceptualizes Cahokia’s emergence and expansion (ca. 1050-1200), focusing on understanding a newly imagined religion and complexity through a non-Western lens.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah E Baires, Sarah E. Baires
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2022
• EAN: 9780817360733
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-6073-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 325 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