Mississippian chiefdoms: How complex?

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2003, Pages 63-84

  Cobb, Charles R ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Complexity; North America; Political economy; Power

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER; SOCIAL HISTORY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442417516     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.32.061002.093244     Document Type: Article

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