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Author Cobb, Charles R. (Charles Richard), 1956-

Title From quarry to cornfield : the political economy of Mississippian Hoe production / Charles R. Cobb.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-249) and index.
Contents A day in the life -- Specialization, exchange, and power in small-scale societies and chiefdoms -- Exchanging chert, consuming chert -- Rethinking the organization of lithic technology -- Life in the Mississippian uplands -- The regional structure of Hoe production -- Hoe production and the domestic economy -- Production and power: defining scales.
Summary From Quarry to Cornfield provides an innovative model for examining the technology of hoe production and its contribution to theagriculture of Mississippian communities.
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Subject Mill Creek Site (Ill.)
Hoes, Prehistoric -- Mississippi River Valley.
Hoes, Prehistoric.
Mississippi River Valley.
Mississippian culture.
Mississippian culture.
Indians of North America -- Illinois -- Antiquities.
Indians of North America.
Illinois.
Antiquities.
Illinois -- Antiquities.
Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cobb, Charles R. (Charles Richard), 1956- From quarry to cornfield. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2000 (DLC) 00009857 (OCoLC)44405835
ISBN 9780817383435 (electronic book)
0817383433 (electronic book)
0817310509 (acid-free paper)
9780817310509 (acid-free paper)