Explorations into Cahokia Archaeology

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Explorations into Cahokia Archaeology

Entry/Object ID

L2012.21.150

Description

Explorations into Cahokia Archaeology. Intended to be the complete statement on the Cahokia (Mounds) site on western Illinois along the Mississippi River. It representis a diversity of views and interpretations. The papers presented cover general descriptions of the Cahokia site, questions of chronology, reports of specific excavations not previously discussed in literature. Includes the Mitchell site, a group of mounds outside the main Cahokia zone and a general theory regarding economic aspects of the Cahokia community.. These were preliminary reports of research that was on-going at time of publication Contents: --Cahokia Site by Melvin L. Fowler --Monks and other Mississippian Mounds by Nelson A. Reed --American Woodhenge by Warren L. Witty --Murdock Mound: Cahokia Site by Harriet M. Smith --Cahokia Palisade Sequence by James Anderson --Some Ceramic Periods and their Implications at Cahokia by Patricia O'Brien --Corn from Cahokia Sites by Hugh C. Cutler and Leonard W. Blake --Mitchell Site and Prehistoric Exchange Systemsat Cahokia: AD 1000+-300 by James Warren Porter. 175/Softbound/Illustrations/Maps/Photographs/Tables

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Archaeology

Search Terms

Cahokia Mounds, Mound Builders, Mitchell Site, Murdock Mound, Monks Mound, Ceramic, Illinois Archaeology, Cahokia

Book Details

Author

Fowler, Melvin L., editor

Place Published

City

Urbana

State/Province

Illinois

Date Published

1969

Call No.

Archaeology FO

Notes

Copy No.: 2

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Sep 22, 2012

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Michael Fisher

Person or Organization

Harriet M. Smith

Person or Organization

Melvin L. Fowler

Person or Organization

Walter L. Witty

Person or Organization

James Warren Porter

Person or Organization

James Anderson

Person or Organization

Patricia J. O'Brien

Person or Organization

Hugh C. Cutler

Person or Organization

Leonard W. Blacke