Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Conceptual Parameters
  • 3. The Cultural-Historical Contexts
  • 4. Mississippian Rural Settlement
  • 5. Cahokian Rural Nodes: The Archaeological Evidence
  • Summary
  • 6. Interpreting Cahokian Rural Settlements
  • 7. The Cahokian Symbolic World
  • Summary
  • 8. Cahokian Rural Cults
  • 9. Conclusions
  • References Cited
  • Index