Book
McKeithen Weeden Island: the culture of northern Florida, A.D. 200-900
Academic Press • New York • Published In 1984 • Pages: xviii, 222
By: Milanich, Jerald T., Cordell, Ann S., Knight, Vernon J., Kohler, Timothy A., Sigler-Lavelle, Brenda J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The McKeithen site dates from circa 250-900 A.D. It can be divided into two phases: Weeden Island I (250-700 A.D.) and Weeden Island II (700-900 A.D.). Only the data that pertain to Weeden Island I (and that are presumabley Middle Woodland) were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. Milanich and others excavated and analyzed the McKeithen site in northern Florida. They found a site with a crescent shaped village midden and three mounds. The village dates from 200 A.D.-750 A.D., while the mounds date from 350 A.D.-500 A.D. Mound A once housed a charnel house; Mound B contained the remains of an elite person, assumed to be a religious specialist, and his house; while Mound C contained burials (primary and secondary internments). A survey of the county also turned up evidence of other Weeden Island villages and mounds in the area. And Milanich also places the McKeithen site within its regional context (the tri-state area of north Florida, southern Georgia, and southeastern Alabama) which included the Kolomoki site in southern Georgia. An unusual analysis is found in chapter 8 where possible interpretations of the animal symbolism represented on the elite and mound ceramics are explored.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Ceramic technology
- Miscellaneous structures
- Settlement patterns
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- Ethnozoology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- 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
- 1976-1979
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800 BP-1250 BP (200 A.D.-750 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- McKeithen site; north Florida; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jerald T. Milanich … [et al.]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-216) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84006280
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodland culture