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Archaic mortuary sites in the central Mississippi drainageessay 1983 • Charles, Douglas K., 1952 & Buikstra, Jane E.
Eastern Middle Archaic • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Charles and Buikstra examined Archaic mortuary sites (pre-Titterington and Titterington phases or Middle and Late Archaic) within the central Mississippi River drainage. They surmise the people were already sedentary and that there was significant co...Behavioral implications of Terminal Archaic and Early Woodland mortuary practices in the lower Illinois Valleyessay 1986 • Charles, Douglas K. et al.
Eastern Early Woodland • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Due to the paucity of burial data that date strictly to the Early Woodland, the authors used mortuary data dating from the Terminal Archaic through the Early Woodland to interprete Early Woodland burial practices and population size. Diseases and inj...