essay
Red Ochre mound building and Marion phase associations: a Fulton County, Illinois perspective
early woodland archeology • 2 • Published In 1986 • Pages: 231-243
By: Esarey, Duane.
Abstract
Esarey examines the association of Red Ochre burials with mound building and Marion ceramics. Red Ochre sites in the mid-west date from the Late Archaic into the early part of the Early Woodland time period. He does this by reviewing some Red Ochre sites in Fulton County, Illinois and contributing some new evidence from excavations done at Dickson Mounds in 1984. He shows that the Red Ochre sites in Fulton County all have some kind of Marion phase association and so are late for Red Ochre. He also shows that the burial mounds were man-made, although not imposing, and that the mounds show 'evidence of a formalized burial program involving site preparation.' (page 240).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2005
- Field Date
- 1984
- Coverage Date
- Red Ochre-Marion; Late Archaic-Early Woodland
- Coverage Place
- Fulton County, Illinois, United States
- Notes
- Duane Esarey
- Papers presented at the Kampsville Early Woodland Conference held on Nov. 5th and 6th, 1982, and sponsored by the Center for American Archeology
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-243)
- LCCN
- 86025855
- LCSH
- Indians of North America--Antiquities