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Hopewellian contacts in southern middle Tennesseeessay 1979 • Butler, Brian M.
Hopewell • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Butler discusses the Yearwood site and the excavations there. Described are several structures, burials (which contain only a few exotic artifacts), and the ceramic and lithic technologies. This site may contain some of the earliest evidence for Hope...Kincaid revisitedessay 1991 • Butler, Brian M.
Mississippian • North America > Eastern Woodlands
The lower Ohio Valley has long been noted as one of the areas of classic Mississippian cultural development, yet refined chronological control is still lacking and there are some significant differences of opinion regarding portions of the local sequ...Crab Orchard and Early Woodland cultures in the middle Southessay 1986 • Butler, Brian M. & Jefferies, Richard W.
Eastern Early Woodland • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Butler and Jefferies look at the Crab Orchard ceramic tradition and its possible origins. They also look at '…the relationship of Crab Orchard to surrounding areas and the origins and spread of conoidal, fabric-impressed ceramics.' (page 523). Crab O...