essay

Comments on the Kampsville Early Woodland conference

early woodland archeology2Published In 1986 • Pages: 609-620

By: Griffin, James Bennett.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Griffin offers his critique and summary of the various papers from the Early Woodland Conference at Kampsville. The papers are found in eHRAF documents nos. 11-39. He begins with a summary of how Early Woodland as a time period and cultural stage came to be. Griffin lists the diagnostic attributes for the Early Woodland as tubular pips, bar gorgets, footed vessels, stemmed and notched points, birdstones, etc. (page 609-610) verses the first appearence of pottery and burial mounds. He breaks up his paper into geographical areas such as the Great Lakes region and Ontario, Illinois, and the Gulf Coastal Plain and the various cultures within these areas are discussed and the highlights of the various papers mentioned. As might be expected, Griffin disagrees with some authors.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Reviews and critiques
Ceramic technology
Weapons
Chronologies and culture sequences
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)
Midwest, United States
NotesAdditional notes
James B. Griffin
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. 620)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
86025855
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of North America--Antiquities