essay
The Late Archaic/Early Woodland transition in the interior of west-central Illinois
early woodland archeology • 2 • Published In 1986 • Pages: 301-325
By: Conrad, Lawrence A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Conrad presents a discussion of the Late Archaic and Early Woodland in the Spoon and La Moine River basins and Sugar Creek basin in west-central Illinois. Only the data that pertain to the Early Woodland time period were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. Conrad discusses the locations of Red Ochre, Marion, and Black Sand sites, their artifact distributions, and their settlement patterns.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- General tools
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- circa 1981
- 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)
- west-central Illinois; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lawrence A. Conrad
- 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. 323-325)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86025855
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Antiquities