ISBN:
9780817314651
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (312 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Woodland Period Systematics in the Middle Ohio Valley
DDC:
305.8009771
Keywords:
Excavations (Archaeology) ; Ohio River Valley ; Congresses
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Ohio River Valley ; Antiquities ; Congresses
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Woodland culture ; Ohio River Valley ; Congresses
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This collection provides a comprehensive vocabulary for defining the cultural manifestation of the term "Woodland." The Middle Ohio Valley is an archaeologically rich region that stretches from southeastern Indiana, across southern Ohio and northeastern Kentucky, and into northwestern West Virginia. In this area are some of the most spectacular and diverse Woodland Period archaeological sites in North America, but these sites and their rich cultural remains do not fit easily into the traditional Southeastern classification system. This volume, with contributions by most of the senior resear
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Woodland Taxonomy in the Middle Ohio Valley: A Historical Overview - Darlene Applegate; 2. Adena and Hopewell in the Middle Ohio Valley: To Be or Not To Be? - N'omi B. Greber; 3. Archaeology at the Edges of Time and Space: Working across and between Woodland Period Taxonomic Units in Central Ohio - Jarrod Burks; 4. The Bullock Site: A Forgotten Mound in Woodford County, Kentucky - Eric J. Schlarb; 5. Walker-Noe: An Early Middle Woodland Adena Mound in Central Kentucky - David Pollack, Eric J. Schlarb, William E. Sharp, and Teresa W. Tune
Description / Table of Contents:
6. Middle Woodland Ritualism in the Central Bluegrass: Evidence from the Amburgey Site, Montgomery County, Kentucky - Michael D. Richmond and Jonathan P. Kerr7. Adena: Rest in Peace? - R. Berle Clay; 8. Reflections on Taxonomic Practice - James A. Brown; 9. Learning from the Past: The History of Ohio Hopewell Taxonomy and Its Implications for Archaeological Practice - Lauren E. Sieg and R. Eric Hollinger; 10. Rethinking the Cole Complex, a Post-Hopewellian Archaeological Unit in Central Ohio - William S. Dancey and Mark F. Seeman
Description / Table of Contents:
11. The Many Messages of Death: Mortuary Practices in the Ohio Valley and Northeast - Sean M. Rafferty12. Taxonomic Homogeneity and Cultural Divergence in the Midcontinent - David S. Brose; 13. Valley View: Hopewell Taxonomy in the Middle Ohio Region - Lauren E. Sieg; 14. Building Woodland Archaeological Units in the Kanawha River Basin, West Virginia - Patrick D. Trader; 15. Some Comments on Woodland Taxonomy in the Middle Ohio Valley - Robert C. Mainfort Jr.; References Cited; Contributors; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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