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Settlement and subsistence at the Go-Kart North site: a Late Archaic Titterington occupation in the American Bottom, Illinois

archaic hunters and gatherers in the american midwestNew YorkPublished In 1983 • Pages: 243-260

By: Fortier, Andrew C..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Fortier excavated the Go-Kart North site, at the time, the only Titterington phase site with data on settlement, artifacts in occupational contexts, community organization, subsistence activities, and assemblage variation. A large enough area was excavated to show the whole community. Its not known if this site is typical, however, as this is the only one that has been systematically excavated. The site seems to have been rather intensively occupied. Nine individual pit clusters were found that seem to represent nine distinct family activity areas. The community represented here may have been between 50-100 people.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Flora
Food preparation
Lithic industries
Settlement patterns
General tools
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
1978, 1979
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Titterington phase; 4130±75 BP-4020±100 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Go-Kart North site, Illinois, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Andrew C. Fortier
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-260)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
82024459
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of North America--Antiquities