Cahokia's Complexities

“Alt lucidly presents evidence that people at Gross­mann and at other Richland Complex sites were fre­quently involved in ceremonies. What those ceremonies were, and exactly how they made Cahokia complex, awaits further explication. Meanwhile, she has done a fine job of making important information about the Richland Complex accessible in her compact and well-written volume, Cahokia's Complexities.”
—Antiquity


"Cahokia's Complexities is an important contribution to the growing literature on Cahokia and its various aspects. It shows how archaeological research can uncover new information not only about the material culture but also about how the society was organized."
—American Archaeology

“Cahokia's Complexities engages with interesting, broadly relevant anthropological theory and grounds this engagement in a detailed material case study.”
—Meghan C. L. Howey, author of Mound Builders and Monument Makers of the Northern Great Lakes, 1200–1600 and associate editor of the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

“Alt outlines interesting ideas about the role of hybridity and diversity in the development of Cahokia, one of the most complex polities and cultural landscapes of Native North America. Cahokia’s Complexities is an important book about current archaeological knowledge of the Cahokian cultural landscape. It will set the stage for what we can learn from new archaeological finds in the years to come in the American Bottom and in the Cahokian diaspora, and it is a significant contribution to broader scholarly conversations in archaeology about complexity.”
—Chris Rodning, author of Center Places and Cherokee Towns: Archaeological Perspectives on Native American Architecture and Landscape in the Southern Appalachians