essay
Plant remains from the Walling truncated mound: evidence for Middle Woodland horticultural activities
Middle Woodland culture and Copena in the Tennessee Valley, by Vernon James Knight, Jr • [University] • Published In 1990 • Pages: 115-129
By: Scarry, C. Margaret.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Scarry describes the excavation procedures, recovery methods, and the laboratory methods used to obtain the botanical remains from the Walling site mound. The botanical samples from the premound midden and from Fill No. 2 midden were chosen for more detailed analysis. 'One of the more interesting features of the Walling assemblage is that such a small quantity of plant material produced a highly diverse seed and nut assemblage. It seems likely that this was partly a result of the ceremonial contexts from which the plant remains were recovered.' (page 126). Scarry also considers the Walling people to have been horticulturalists and briefly discusses their general gardening strategy.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recording and collecting in the field
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Flora
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Cultural stratigraphy
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeobotanist
- 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
- 1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900 BP-1650 BP (100 A.D.-350 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Walling site (1MA33), Madison County, Alabama, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by C. Margaret Scarry
- For bibliographical references see document 25: Knight
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90622519
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodland culture