essay

The Labras Lake site and the paleogeographic setting of the Late Archaic in the American Bottom

archaic hunters and gatherers in the american midwestNew YorkPublished In 1983 • Pages: 197-218

By: Phillips, James L., Gladfelter, Bruce G..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Phillips and Gladfelter excavated at the Labras Lake site as part of the FAI 270 Archaeological Mitigation Project outside of St. Louis, Missouri. The site was occupied during the fall and winter by hunter-gatherer-collectors. It was used as a base locale and work specific task groups went out from this camp. The features found include hearths, refuse and storage pits, roasting pits, and domestic areas. Also found were two structures.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Topography and geology
Land use
Settlement patterns
Cultural stratigraphy
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Eastern Late Archaic
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
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 ; 2004
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date given
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
3460±140 BP-2830±130 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Labras Lake site, Illinois, United States
NotesAdditional notes
James L. Phillips and Bruce G. Gladfelter
Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-218)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
82024459
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of North America--Antiquities