essay
Adena 'houses' and their implications for Early Woodland settlement models in the Ohio Valley
early woodland archeology • 2 • Published In 1986 • Pages: 564-580
By: Seeman, Mark F..
Abstract
Seeman examines some Early Woodland burial sites for their insight into Adena burial practices. He is specifically interested in refuting the assertion that there are house structures underneith Adena mounds. He takes the position that these structures were mortuaries. Seeman describes four pre-Adena (Early Woodland) morturay sites, their artifacts and types of human and animal remains. The Early Woodland burial practices in the Ohio Valley differ from the Archaic patterns in that the dead are processed in specialized mortuary camps away from settlements. This increased mortuary complexity may be a new way to bring about social integration for the macroband. Only the data that pertain to the Eastern Early Woodland were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. The information on Adena was not indexed for OCM codes. For more information on Adena see the Adena file (NP50) in the eHRAF Collection of Archaeology.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2005
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- Early Woodland; 3000 BP-2500 BP (1000 B.C.-500 B.C.)
- Coverage Place
- Ohio River Valley, Kentucky and Ohio, United States
- Notes
- Mark F. Seeman
- 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. 576-580)
- LCCN
- 86025855
- LCSH
- Indians of North America--Antiquities