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Seip Mound State Memorialessay 1979 • Baby, Raymond S. & Langlois, Suzanne M.
Hopewell • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Baby and Langlois describe several 'house' floors they have found at Seip Mound. These floors lack hearths, fire pits, or much in the way of food remains and were not charnel houses. They do contain storage pits and contain remains of large numbers o...Food of the Adena peoplebook chapter 1973 • Goslin, Robert M. & Baby, Raymond S.
Adena • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Goslin discusses some of the probable types of food the Adena people might have eaten. Tables of the food remains that had been found in the mound sites are provided. This includes animal and plant remains. A table of the animal and plant remains fou...Adena portraiturebook chapter 1973 • Snow, Charles E. (Charles Ernest) & Baby, Raymond S.
Adena • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Snow describes the Adena physical type, mostly based on the cranial material. He compares them to the Shell Mound and Fort Ancient peoples. Skull deformation and a few of the phsical abnormalities are described. Snow then explores the possible origin...The Adena people, no. 2book chapter 1973 • Webb, William SWebb, William S. (William Snyder), nyder & Baby, Raymond S.
Adena • North America > Eastern Woodlands
The reader is cautioned that Webb and Baby date Adena from about 800 B.C. to 700 A.D. (2800 B.P.- 1300 B.P.). This was due to the poor state of radiocarbon dating in the 1940s. The time period for Adena is now know to be much shorter (2600 B.P.- 1900...