Book description
An authoritative and thoroughly accessible overview of farming and food practices at Cahokia.
Agriculture is rightly emphasized as the center of the economy in most studies of Cahokian society, but the focus is often predominantly on corn. This farming economy is typically framed in terms of ruling elites living…
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Cahokia is the most famous archaeological site in North America! Centuries ago, the place was a thriving urban center spread over two thousand acres of rich Mississippi bottomland with more than eighty earthen mounds and an estimated population of 15,000. Somehow, after 1400 ACE, Cahokia declined, leaving both mystery and controversy about its rise and fall.
This book considers how that population fed itself. It is a masterful synthesis of ancient agricultural research, offering fresh perspectives on ancient life in America’s heartland. I especially liked the inclusion of such things as the spiritual significance of a number of stone carvings.
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