essay

Early Woodland adaptations to the Illinois prairie

early woodland archeology2Published In 1986 • Pages: 171-178

By: Lewis, R. Barry.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Lewis used site records and cultural resource management reports to compile this paper. 'This paper draws on the available data from a 13-county study region in the Illinois prairies and examines the nature of Early Woodland regional adaptations.…[S]ettlement patterns in this regiona are described.…[The] 'transitional' nature of [these] adaptations is examined. The latter analysis focuses on inferences about Early Woodland occupations drawn from comparisons of Late Archaic and Middle Woodland site data. This approach is made necessary by the relative lack of Early Woodland site information.' (page 171). Lewis concludes Early Woodland cultural adaptations weren't much different from Late Archaic ones. Although Lewis descibes Late Archaic and Middle Woodland data, only the data that pertain to the Early Woodland were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Sociocultural trends
Land use
Settlement patterns
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Eastern Early Woodland
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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry ; 2005
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Early Woodland
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Illinois, United States
NotesAdditional notes
R. Barry Lewis
Papers presented at the Kampsville Early Woodland Conference held on Nov. 5th and 6th, 1982, and sponsored by the Center for American Archeology
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
86025855
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of North America--Antiquities