book chapter
Archeology of the Bynum Mounds, Mississippi
National Park Service, U. S. Dept. of the Interior • (1) • Published In 1951 • Pages: vi, 1-42, 51-112
By: Cotter, John L., Corbett, John M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Cotter and Corbett excavated at Bynum Mounds as part of the mitigation for the construction of the Natchez Trace Parkway. ('In order that all of the values which lend distinction and national importance to the Parkway may be preserved and interpreted, the National Park Service is conducting basic studies in … archaeology. [page v].) They investigated several mounds and a village area. They found several burials, both within the mounds and the village area. They also found ceramics, some copper ornaments, and a few lithic tools, but no bone or wooden tools. Using a comparative trait list (found on pages 59-60), Cotter and Corbett find 'The Bynum site can thus be regarded as a component with close affiliation with Miller II, Copena, and Marksville foci, and definite affinity with McQuorquodale of southern Alabama and Hamilton focus of middle Tennessee aspect, within the Hopewellian phase and ultimately within a general Woodland pattern.' (page 57).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Prehistory
- Cultural participation
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Architecture
- Miscellaneous structures
- Weapons
- General tools
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Typologies and classifications
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Middle Woodland
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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
- book chapter
- 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 ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- circa 1940-1950
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Miller I and Miller II
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bynum Mounds; Houton, Mississippi, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by John L. Cotter and John M. Corbett, with additions by Marshall T. Newman [and others]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 51060817
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodland culture