Cahokia: The Political Capital of the “Ramey” State?
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in North American Archaeologist
- Vol. 10 (4) , 275-292
- https://doi.org/10.2190/rdk3-qffn-mpj9-wtek
Abstract
Cahokia, a prehistoric site in the American Midwest, had massive human sacrifice which shows that a small elite had control over the legitimate use of force, probably had political and economic classes, had a hierarchical bureaucracy, and had a settlement system of at least four decision-making levels. As such it was probably the capital of a society organized at a “state” level.Keywords
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