essay

Marion, Black Sand, Morton, and Havana relationship: an Illinois Valley perspective

early woodland archeology • 2 • Published In 1986 • Pages: 642-651

By: Munson, Patrick J..

Abstract

Munson has revise his 1982 twin-tradition model on the development of two cultures in the Illinois area. He proposes a Marion to Morton to early Havana sequence for one cultural tradition and a Black Sand tradition that played no role in the development of the Havana culture. He looks at dates, seriation of cultural attributes (mortuary data, trade, settlement, lithics, ceramics), and distribution of the cultural complexes. One of Munson's conclusions is that Black Sand sites in the Illinois valley area are only part of a settlement system and they 'represent seasonal base camps of a single kind that were reached by the major waterways, and probably by watercraft, by individuals who resided for the other portions of the year in the northeastern Iowa-southwestern Wisconsin-southern Minnesota area.' (page 648).

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

North America

Sub Region

Eastern Woodlands

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry ; 2005

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

Early Woodland

Coverage Place

Midwest, United States

Notes

Patrick J. Munson

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. 649-651)

LCCN

86025855

LCSH

Indians of North America--Antiquities