essay
Swift Creek: lineage and diffusion
world engraved : archaeology of the swift creek culture • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1998 • Pages: 48-60
By: Chase, David W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Chase discusses the origins and diffusion of Swift Creek ceramics during the Woodland period. Only the data that pertain to the Middle Woodland period were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. The Mann site in southern Indiana and its Swift Creek pottery are discussed. The Miner's Creek site in Georgia and its ceramics are described and so are a few sites and some ceramics in Alabama.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Historical reconstruction
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- 1964, 1988
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- circa 1800 BP-1450 BP (circa 200 A.D.-550 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Alabama, Florida, Georgia, southern Indiana, and Tennessee; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- David W. Chase
- For bibliographical references see 9: Williams and Elliot
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98009001
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodland culture