essay
Models of Mississippian culture history in the western prairie peninsula: a perspective from Iowa
cahokia and the hinterlands : middle mississipian cultures of the midwest • Urbana • Published In 1991 • Pages: 183-192
By: Tiffany, Joseph A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Tiffany demonstrates that Middle Mississippian cultural traits in Iowa are the results of diffusion and contact, perceived by the author as part of various local groups' participation in an extensive trade system, rather than as part of an intrusion of Mississippian people into the area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical reconstruction
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ceramic technology
- External trade
- 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 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
- 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
- 1150 BP - 700 BP (850 A.D. - 1300 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iowa, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Joseph A. Tiffany
- '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