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Why are Early Woodland base camps so rare?

early woodland archeology2Published In 1986 • Pages: 596-597

By: Lewis, R. Barry.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Lewis provides one answer to the question of why Early Woodland base camps are so rare in Illinois. Lewis points out the Early Woodland time period is only 20-30% as long as the Late Archaic time period and ceramics have to be found to identify a site as Early Woodland. His conclusion is that '…Early Woodland base camps should be scarce, if not almost archaeologically invisible, relative to comparable Late Archaic sites.' (page 596).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Settlement patterns
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Eastern Early Woodland
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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry ; 2005
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Early Woodland
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Illinois, United States
NotesAdditional notes
R. Barry Lewis
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. 597)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
86025855
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of North America--Antiquities