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Napoleon Hollow and Koster site stratigraphy: implications for Holocene landscape evolution and studies of Archaic Period settlement patterns in the lower Illinois River Valley

archaic hunters and gatherers in the american midwestNew YorkPublished In 1983 • Pages: 147-164

By: Wiant, Michael D., Hajic, Edwin R., Styles, Thomas R..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Wiant et al. describe and compare the stratigraphy of Napolean Hollow and Koster sites. Both sites are located on colluvial fans within the lower Illinois River Valley and show some of the same geologic processes were at work during their depositional histories. Wiant et al. try to show some of the implications that this Holocene depositional history holds for Archaic settlement patterns.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Topography and geology
Chronologies and culture sequences
Cultural stratigraphy
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Eastern Middle Archaic
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2001
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry ; 2000
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not specified
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
8220 BP - 4880 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Napolean Hollow and Koster sites; Illinois, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Michael D. Wiant, Edwin R. Hajic, and Thomas R. Styles
Based on a symposium held at the Midwest Archaeological Conference, University of Illinois at Chicago, October 1980
Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-164)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
82024459
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of North America--Middle West--Antiquities