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The shell mound Archaic of western Kentucky
archaic hunters and gatherers in the american midwest • New York • Published In 1983 • Pages: 323-339
By: Marquardt, William H., Watson, Patty Jo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Marquardt and Watson excavated several Archaic shell mounds in the Big Bend area of the Green River to learn more about susbsistence patterns. The site they spent the most time at was the Carlston Annis site. They summarize their findings, examine the paleoenvironment, and suggest future research. The site seems to have been a seasonal camp. Plant remains found were mainly hickory nuts, but they also found seven fragments of squash rind and one sunflower seed. The squash may have been grown as containers rather than for its seeds. The mound was also used as a cemetery for humans and dogs. Structural remains were found. The first people who inhabited the mound ate shellfish while the second group did not.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Recording and collecting in the field
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Topography and geology
- Diet
- 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
- 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4300 BP- 4000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Carlston Annis site (15-Bt-5), Green River, Kentucky, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- William H. Marquardt and Patty Jo Watson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-339)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82024459
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Antiquities