Download or read book Leadership and Polity in Mississippian Society written by Brian M. Butler and published by Center for Archaeological Investigations. This book was released on 2006 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume argue for a much richer view of variation in Mississippian leadership structures-including variation in gender relations, economic structure, political institutions, and religious organization--than the often dichotomized view of "simple" vs. "complex" chiefdoms.