{"product_id":"from-cahokia-to-larson-to-a-martin-byers-9781621901235","title":"From Cahokia to Larson to Moundville","description":"The orthodox view of the Mississippian social world hinges on the ideas that chiefdoms--dominance based hierarchical societies in the Eastern Woodlands of North America--vied for power, often violently bit at times cooperatively, through political and economic avenues. These chiefdoms represented something of a feudal state in prehistoric North America, which lasted up to the contact period with Europeans around 1500 A.D. In \u003ci\u003eFrom Cahokia to Larson to Moundville, \u003c\/i\u003enoted archaeologist A. Martin Byers challenges these assumptions and offers a contrasting view by deconstructing the chiefdom model and offering instead an autonomous social world that focused on spiritual renewal and sacred rituals. Byers presents his case through the archaeological record of Cahokia, Larson, and Moundville's monumental earthworks and, in doing so, reveals the Mississippian social community to be more complex, and more cooperative, than previously envisioned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. Martin Byers\u003c\/b\u003e, now retired, was a research associate in the Department of Anthropology at McGill University in Montreal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. Martin Byers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621901238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621901235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Univ Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.60d","brand":"A. Martin Byers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45265084350719,"sku":"9781621901235","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_765bb4a1-0cd8-4495-87ac-6bc00ccc94dd.jpg?v=1713420105","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-cahokia-to-larson-to-a-martin-byers-9781621901235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}