Title: Land of water, city of the dead : religion and Cahokia's emergence /
Authors: Baires, Sarah E., 1985-
Year: 2017
Subjects: Mississippian culture Illinois American Bottom; Indians of North America Illinois American Bottom Antiquities.; Indians of North America Religion.; Archaeology and religion.; Antiquities; Archaeology and religion; Indians of North America Antiquities.; Indians of North America Religion.; Mississippian culture; Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.); American Bottom (Ill.) Antiquities.; Illinois American Bottom; Illinois Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park
Contents: Introduction: Histories and perspectives of religion and landscapes -- Living landscapes: Cahokia's natural and urban environments -- The complexity of religion -- Cahokia's ridge-top mounds -- Constructing mortuary spaces: Rattlesnake and Wilson Mounds -- Beings, shells, and water in burial practice -- Toward an indigenous archaeology of religion.