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Cahokia and its role as a gateway center in interregional exchange
cahokia and the hinterlands : middle mississipian cultures of the midwest • Urbana • Published In 1991 • Pages: 61-80
By: Kelley, John E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper Kelly discusses the role of Cahokia as a 'gateway' or trading center in interregional exchange, and presents a comprehensive review of Cahokian contacts with its frontier to the north as well as its cultural cognates to the south. This 'gateway' concept, in the late twentieth century, has been applied to several other archaeological situations, including Mesoamerica and medieval Europe.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Sociocultural trends
- Ceramic technology
- Commercial facilities
- External trade
- Retail marketing
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mississippian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1000 BP-800 BP (1000 A.D.-1200 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cahokia, Illinois, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- John E. Kelley
- 'Published in cooperation with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.' For bibliographical references see document 2: Emerson and Lewis
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90010759
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippian culture