essay
An Archaic projectile point sequence from the southern Prairie Peninsula: the Pigeon Roost Creek site
archaic hunters and gatherers in the american midwest • New York • Published In 1983 • Pages: 71-98
By: O'Brien, Michael J., Warren, Robert E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
O'Brien and Warren present the results of a projectile point sequence for the Archaic period in the middle Salt River valley of northeast Missouri. This sequence is mainly based on the projectile points found in the stratified deposits of the Pigeon Roost site. The excavation and stratigraphy of the site are also discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Typologies and classifications
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Middle Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- 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
- Sarah Berry ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977, 1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6950 BP - 5910±168 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pigeon Roost Creek site; middle Salt River valley; Missouri; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael J. O'Brien and Robert E. Warren
- Based on a symposium held at the Midwest Archaeological Conference, University of Illinois at Chicago, October 1980
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-98)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82024459
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Middle West--Antiquities