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"An Archaeology of the Cosmos seeks answers to two fundamental questions of humanity and human history. The first question concerns that which some use as a defining element of humanity: religious beliefs. Why do so many people believe in supreme beings and holy spirits? The second question concerns changes in those beliefs. What causes beliefs to change? Using archaeological evidence gathered from ancient America, especially case material from the Great Plains and the pre-Columbian American Indian city of Cahokia, Timothy Pauketat explores the logical consequences of these two fundamental questions. Religious beliefs are not more resilient than other aspects of culture and society, and people are not the only causes of historical change. An Archaeology of the Cosmos examines the intimate association of agency and religion by studying how relationships between people, places, and things were bundled together and positioned in ways that constituted the fields of human experience. This rethinking theories of agency and religion provides readers with challenging and thought provoking conclusions that will lead them to reassess the way they approach the past."--Publisher's description.

Indian cosmology. --- Indians of North America --- Religion and culture --- Social archaeology --- Cosmologie indienne d'Amérique --- Indiens d'Amérique --- Religion et culture --- Archéologie sociale --- Religion. --- Religion --- United States --- Etats-Unis --- Antiquities. --- Religious life and customs. --- Antiquités --- Vie et coutumes religieuses --- Cosmologie indienne d'Amérique --- Indiens d'Amérique --- Archéologie sociale --- Antiquités --- Indian cosmology

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This ambitious book provides a theoretical explanation of how prehistoric Cahokia became a stratified society, and ultimately the pinnacle of Native American cultural achievement north of Mexico. Considering Cahokia in terms of class struggle, Pauketat claims that the political consolidation in this region of the Mississippi Valley happened quite suddenly, around A.D. 1000, after which the lords of Cahokia innovated strategies to preserve their power and ultimately emerged as divine chiefs. The new ideas and new data in this volume will invigorate the debate surrounding one of the mo

Chiefdoms. --- Mississippian culture. --- Chieftaincies --- Chieftainships --- Political anthropology --- Temple Mound culture --- Indians of North America --- Mound-builders --- Antiquities --- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.) --- Cahokia Mounds (Ill.) --- Cahokia Site (East Saint Louis, Ill.) --- Illinois

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This book sweeps away the last vestiges of social-evolutionary explanations of 'chiefdoms' by rethinking the history of Pre-Columbian Southeast peoples and comparing them to ancient peoples in the Southwest, Mexico, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia.

Mississippian culture --- Indians of North America --- Chiefdoms --- Chieftaincies --- Chieftainships --- Political anthropology --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- First Nations (North America) --- Indians of the United States --- Indigenous peoples --- Native Americans --- North American Indians --- Temple Mound culture --- Mound-builders --- Politics and government. --- History. --- Culture --- Ethnology --- Antiquities --- East (U.S.) --- Eastern States (U.S.) --- Eastern United States --- United States, Eastern --- Antiquities. --- Chefferie (Anthropologie) --- Chiefdoms. --- Culture du Mississippi --- Häuptling --- Indiens d'Amérique --- Mississippi-Kultur. --- Mississippian culture. --- Politische Organisation --- Sozialstruktur --- Histoire --- History --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- East United States. --- États-Unis (Est) --- Antiquités.

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Excavations (Archaeology) --- Indians of North America --- Mississippian culture --- Antiquities --- American Bottom (Ill.) --- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.) --- Antiquities

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Social archaeology --- Indians of North America --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- First Nations (North America) --- Indians of the United States --- Indigenous peoples --- Native Americans --- North American Indians --- Archaeology --- Religion. --- Culture --- Ethnology --- Methodology