World Systems Theory, Core Periphery Interactions and Elite Economic Exchange in Mississippian Societies

Autor: Robert J. Jeske
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of World-Systems Research, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 350-377 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1076-156X
DOI: 10.5195/jwsr.1996.85
Popis: World Systems Theory has been one approach used to explain the rise of the Mississippian social and political phenomenon. In this paper it is argued that a hierarchical model of core-periphery interaction does not explain the Cahokianphenomenon, because several crucial clements of such a model cannot be demonstrated to have existed within the Mississippian system. It is suggested that looking at Mississippian society as a differential core-peripheral system may have utility as a framework for including concepts such as gateway communities and interaction spheres previously used to describe the economic interactions between Cahokia and its neighbors.
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