book chapter
The Hopewell interaction sphere in Riverine-Western Great Lakes culture history
hopewellian studies • 12 (3) • Published In 1964 • Pages: 85-106
By: Struever, Stuart.
Abstract
Struever discusses Hopewell as it is found in the Havana tradition and a little bit in the Crab Orchard tradition. He points out that Hopewell artifacts are not just grave goods (although they often ended up in graves) for the raw materials and the finished artifacts are also found in habitation sites. He believes the Hopewell Interaction Sphere had more to do with exchange of raw materials and ideas than of finished artifacts. He also discusses why Hopewell emerged where it did, looking at ecological reasons for its development and at the development of agriculture in the mud-flats of the river bottoms, especially as the type of plants used for agriculture were ones that need disturbed soil to thrive. Struever's work found plant remains when flotation was used on deposits from pits and hearths. 'Large quantities of plant remains were found which had already escaped detection in the standard screening process. Indeed, the subsistence activities … look … quite different than had we not used the flotation process. The difference … bringing to light an array of carbonized remains that reflects a strong dependence on nuts and seeds.' (page 102).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2003
- Field Date
- 1962
- Coverage Date
- 2100 BP-1650 BP (100 B.C.-350 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin; United States
- Notes
- By Stuart Struever
- For bibliographical references see document 4: [Caldwell and Hall]
- LCCN
- a 65000555
- LCSH
- Hopewell culture