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Archaic hunters and gatherers in the American Midwest / edited by James L. Phillips, James A. Brown.

Penn Museum Library E78.M67 A72 1983
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Format:
Book
Conference/Event
Contributor:
Phillips, James L.
Brown, James Allison, 1934-
Conference Name:
Midwest Archaeological Conference (1980 : University of Illinois at Chicago)
Series:
New World archaeological record
New World archaeological record.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Indians of North America--Middle West--Antiquities--Congresses.
Indians of North America.
Middle West.
Antiquities.
Indians of North America--Hunting--Middle West--Congresses.
Indians of North America--Hunting.
Indians of North America--Food--Middle West--Congresses.
Indians of North America--Food.
Hunting and gathering societies--Middle West--Congresses.
Hunting and gathering societies.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle West--Congresses.
Excavations (Archaeology).
Middle West--Antiquities--Congresses.
Genre:
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
xvi, 349 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Academic Press, 1983.
Contents:
3. The Nebo Hill Phase: Late Archaic Prehistory in the Lower Missouri Valley / Kenneth C. Reid 11
The Nebo Hill Phase 14
Excavations At 23CL11 23
4. Archaic Period Research in the Western Ozark Highland, Missouri / Marvin Kay 41
Sedalia Phase 44
5. An Archaic Projectile Point Sequence from the Southern Prairie Peninsula: The Pigeon Roost Creek Site / Michael J. O'Brien, Robert E. Warren 71
Physical Setting 72
Excavation 75
Stratigraphy 77
Projectile Point Classification 83
Projectile Point Class Distributions 90
6. Archaic Adaptations to the Illinois Prairie: The Salt Creek Region / R. Barry Lewis 99
Previous Archaeological Research 101
Early Archaic 102
Middle and Late Archaic 105
Stability and Change in Archaic Prairie Adaptations 110
7. Archaic Mortuary Sites in the Central Mississippi Drainage: Distribution, Structure, and Behavioral Implications / Douglas K. Charles, Jane E. Buikstra 117
Theory 117
Archaic Mortuary Practices in the Middle Mississippi River Drainage 126
8. Napoleon Hollow and Koster Site Stratigraphy: Implications for Holocene Landscape Evolution and Studies of Archaic Period Settlement Patterns in the Lower Illinois River Valley / Michael D. Wiant, Edwin R. Hajic, Thomas R. Styles 147
Napoleon Hollow Site 148
Napoleon Hollow Stratigraphy 150
Napoleon Hollow Cultural Chronology 153
Koster Site 155
Koster Site Stratigraphy 156
Comparison Between Napoleon Hollow and Koster 157
Implications concerning Holocene Deposition and Archaic Settlement Patterns 160
9. What Happened in the Middle Archaic? Introduction to an Ecological Approach to Koster Site Archaeology / James A. Brown, Robert K. Vierra 165
Change in the Archaic Period of the Midwest 167
The Rise of Sedentism 168
Ecological Approach to the Koster Site Record 169
The Koster Site Sequence 174
Middle Archaic Period Trends 186
10. The Labras Lake Site and the Paleogeographic Setting of the Late Archaic in the American Bottom / James L. Phillips, Bruce G. Gladfelter 197
The Late Archaic at Labras Lake 198
Late Archaic Sites and the Paleogeomorphic Settings 210
Floodplain Geomorphology and Archaeological Sites 214
11. A Settlement
Subsistence Model of the Terminal Late Archaic Adaptation in the American Bottom, Illinois / Thomas E. Emerson, Dale L. McElrath 219
American Bottom Physiography 220
The Prairie Lake Phase 224
Terminal Late Archaic Settlement 228
12. Settlement and Subsistence at the Go-Kart North Site: A Late Archaic Titterington Occupation in the American Bottom, Illinois / Andrew C. Fortier 243
Physioecological Setting 244
Site Description and Community Organization 246
Activity Organization and Pit Function 248
The Lithic Assemblage 251
Subsistence 256
13. Modoc Rock Shelter Revisited / Bonnie W. Styles, Steven R. Ahler, Melvin L. Fowler 261
Background Research on Changing Archaic Adaptations 264
The Setting 267
Depositional History and Stratigraphy 269
Significance of the New Radiocarbon Chronology 278
Excavation Results 279
14. Dimensions of Middle Archaic Cultural Adaptation at the Black Earth Site, Saline County, Illinois / Richard W. Jefferies, B. Mark Lynch 299
Problem Orientation 300
Environmental Setting 301
Site Description 302
Chronological Framework 303
Site Formational Processes 304
The Middle Archaic Technological System 306
Features 311
Middle Archaic Subsistence 314
Analysis of Middle Archaic Mortuary Practices 316
15. The Shell Mound Archaic of Western Kentucky / William H. Marquardt, Patty Jo Watson 323
Recent Research by the Shell Mound Archaeological Project 324.
Notes:
Based on a symposium held at the Midwest Archaeological Conference, University of Illinois at Chicago, October 1980.
Includes bibliographies and index.
ISBN:
0125539800
OCLC:
9133123

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