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Upland Mississippian settlement in the American Bottom Region
cahokia and the hinterlands : middle mississipian cultures of the midwest • Urbana • Published In 1991 • Pages: 46-60
By: Woods, William I., Holley, George R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Woods and Holley offer a perspective on the upland Mississippian utilization and occupation around the American Bottom region. Their research has shown the complexity of the Mississipppian expansion into the uplands, which involved the formation of small farmsteads, hamlets, and multi-mound town sites in such locations. This upland-oriented research provides major insights into the stages of Cahokian culture history and the Mississippian dispersion (Emerson and Lewis, 1991, no. 3, p. viii). The authors' analysis of their data show that Mississippian developments in the interior uplands were complementary to the American Bottom sequence
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological survey methods
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Soil
- Ceramic technology
- Settlement patterns
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mississippian
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Geographer
- 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
- John Beierle ; 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
- 1000 B,P.-950 BP (1000 A.D.-1050 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- American Bottom Region, Illinois, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- William I. Woods and George R. Holley
- 'Published in cooperation with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.' For bibliographical references see document 2: Emerson and Lewis
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90010759
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippian culture