{"product_id":"the-cahokia-mounds-warren-king-moorehead-9780817310103","title":"The Cahokia Mounds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides a comprehensive collection of Moorehead's investigations of the nation's largest prehistoric mound center\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Covering almost fourteen square kilometers in Illinois, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is the largest prehistoric mound center in North America and has been designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations. Built between A.D. 1050 and 1350, Cahokia originally contained the remains of over 100 earthen mounds that were used as places for Native American rituals, homes of chiefs, or elite tombs. Earlier scientists debated whether the mounds were part of the natural landscape, and many were destroyed by urban and industrial development \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book is a report of archaeological investigations conducted at Cahokia from 1921 to 1927 by Warren K. Moorehead, who confirmed that the mounds were built by indigenous peoples and who worked to assure preservation of the site. The volume includes Moorehead's final 1929 report along with portions of two preliminary reports, covering both Cahokia and several surrounding mound groups. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e John Kelly's introduction to the book sets Moorehead's investigations in the context of other work conducted at Cahokia prior to the 1920s and afterwards. Kelly reviews Moorehead's work, which employed 19th-century excavation techniques combined with contemporary analytical methods, and explains how Moorehead contended with local social and political pressures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Moorehead's work represented important excavations at a time when little other similar work was being done in the Midwest. The reissue of his findings gives us a glimpse into an important archaeological effort and helps us better appreciate the prehistoric legacy that he helped preserve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Warren King Moorehead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081731010X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817310103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.14w x 1.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 40","brand":"Warren King Moorehead","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086955163903,"sku":"9780817310103","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc184c75-1757-4a8c-a3b0-75efcb8dd182.jpg?v=1769097462","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cahokia-mounds-warren-king-moorehead-9780817310103","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}