Feeding Cahokia Early Agriculture in the North American Heartland /
Fritz, Gayle,
Feeding Cahokia Early Agriculture in the North American Heartland / Gayle J. Fritz. - Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, (c)2019. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, (c)2015). - 1 online resource (pages cm.). - Archaeology of food .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Domesticating Gourds and Forests; 2. Sunflower and Marshelder: Late Archaic Period Eastern Crops; 3. Rise of the Eastern Agricultural Complex: Terminal Late Archaic and Early Woodland Periods; 4. Seeds of Exchange: The Middle Woodland Period; 5. Good Late Woodland Farmers in the American Bottom; 6. Feasting at Early Cahokia; 7. Early Mississippian Plant Use; 8. Guardians of All Vegetation; 9. Crop Production: Estimates of Yields and Dietary Proportions 10. How to Feed Cahokia: Cultivating Fields and Social Relationships11. The Farmers Vote with Their Feet; 12. What Can We Learn from the Past?; References Cited; Index
9780817392178
Agriculture--History.--Illinois--Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park
Electronic Books.
S444 / .F443 2019
Feeding Cahokia Early Agriculture in the North American Heartland / Gayle J. Fritz. - Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, (c)2019. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, (c)2015). - 1 online resource (pages cm.). - Archaeology of food .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Domesticating Gourds and Forests; 2. Sunflower and Marshelder: Late Archaic Period Eastern Crops; 3. Rise of the Eastern Agricultural Complex: Terminal Late Archaic and Early Woodland Periods; 4. Seeds of Exchange: The Middle Woodland Period; 5. Good Late Woodland Farmers in the American Bottom; 6. Feasting at Early Cahokia; 7. Early Mississippian Plant Use; 8. Guardians of All Vegetation; 9. Crop Production: Estimates of Yields and Dietary Proportions 10. How to Feed Cahokia: Cultivating Fields and Social Relationships11. The Farmers Vote with Their Feet; 12. What Can We Learn from the Past?; References Cited; Index
9780817392178
Agriculture--History.--Illinois--Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park
Electronic Books.
S444 / .F443 2019