Chiefdoms and Other Archaeological Delusions - Paperback

by Timothy R. Pauketat (Author)

This book sweeps away the last vestiges of social-evolutionary explanations of 'chiefdoms' by rethinking the history of Pre-Columbian Southeast peoples and comparing them to ancient peoples in the Southwest, Mexico, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia.

Author Biography

Timothy Pauketat is professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.