The making and meaning of a Mississippian axe-head cache

Timothy R. Pauketat; Susan M. Alt

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The making and meaning of a Mississippian axe-head cache

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The recent discovery of a cache of 70 groundstone axe-heads at the Grossmann site, near Cahokia, in the Mississippi valley prompts a new interpretation of the commemorative and ritual value of such deposits. The makers of these axe-heads seem to belong to a community of specialists who had a contributory role in the foundation of the Cahokia polity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	779-797
Number of pages	19
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	78
Issue number	302
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00113444
State	Published - Dec 2004

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Axe-heads
Cahokia
Mississippian

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