essay
Archaic Period research in the western Ozark Highland, Missouri
archaic hunters and gatherers in the american midwest • New York • Published In 1983 • Pages: 41-70
By: Kay, Marvin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Multiyear research investigations have been conducted in the Pomme de Terre River valley. The sites discussed in this chapter belong to the Sedalia phase. Kay discusses the diagnostic points, the radiocarbon dates, the burials, and the settlement system for the river valley. The Sedalia phase people were more or less sedentary hunter-gatherers with horticulture. They had specialized camps and buried people individually.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Topography and geology
- Tillage
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- General tools
- Burial practices and funerals
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Late Archaic
- 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
- Sarah Berry ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Sedalia phase; 4250 BP-2600 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- lower Pomme de Terre River valley, Missouri, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marvin Kay
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-70)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82024459
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Antiquities