@article{437694,
      recid = {437694},
      author = {Pauketat, Timothy R.},
      title = {Cahokia : ancient America's great city on the Mississippi  /},
      publisher = {Viking,},
      address = {New York, N.Y. :},
      pages = {194 p. :},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {Almost a thousand years ago, a Native American city  flourished along the Mississippi River near what is now St.  Louis. Cahokia was a thriving metropolis at its height,  with a population of 20,000, a sprawling central plaza, and  scores of spectacular earthen mounds. The city gave rise to  a new culture that spread across the plains; yet by 1400 it  had been abandoned, leaving only the giant mounds as  monuments, and traces of its influence in tribes we know  today. Here, anthropologist Timothy R. Pauketat reveals the  story of the city and its people as uncovered by American  archaeologists. Their excavations have revealed evidence of  a powerful society, including complex celestial timepieces,  the remains of feasts big enough to feed thousands, and  disturbing signs of large-scale human sacrifice. Pauketat  provides a comprehensive picture of what's been discovered  about Cahokia, and how these findings have challenged our  perceptions of Native Americans.--From publisher  description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/437694},
}