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Swift Creek research: history and observations
world engraved : archaeology of the swift creek culture • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1998 • Pages: 1-13
By: Williams, Mark, Elliott, Daniel T..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This chapter presents the history of research in the Swift Creek area and gives an introduction to Swift Creek. It also contains an introduction to the upcoming chapters (eHRAF document nos. 11-24). The authors observe, 'that these people were excellent wood carvers. Such a tradition of detailed wood carving would not…have been born in and limited to the carving of paddles for stamping pottery.' (page 10).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Location
- Ceramic technology
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Middle Woodland
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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 ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Swift Creek; 1900 BP-1250 BP (100 A.D.-750 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Georgia and Florida; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mark Williams and Daniel T. Elliott
- For bibliographical references see 9: Williams and Elliot
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98009001
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodland culture