First published in 1998 by Smithsonian Institution Press, The Cahokia Chiefdom surveys one of North America s great archaeological sites that includes more than one hundred earthen mounds constructed between the 11th and 14th centuries. Milner paints a vivid picture of the site and its environs while arguing that the regional system was not as powerful and all-encompassing as commonly thought, but was instead a collection ofsemi-autonomous districts with far fewer people than previously assumed.

This detailed study of Cahokia research history documents environmental conditions...