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Preliminary investigation of the Pinson Mounds Site: 1963 field season [appendix 3]
Pinson Mounds : a middle woodland ceremonial center by Robert C. Mainfort, Jr • (7) • Published In 1986 • Pages: 96-119
By: Morse, Dan F., Kwas, Mary L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This appendix describes the limited test excavations and surface collections Morse conducted at Pinson Mound in 1963. He examined six of the mounds, two habitation areas, and the large enclosure (the Eastern Citadel). He found evidence that the site was intermittently occupied from the Archaic up to the Historic period with the majority of the occupation and earthworks being built during the Middle Woodland. His work at the site helped other archaeologists to realize its importance as a Middle Woodland site (previously it had been thought to date primarily to the Mississippian period) and to establish Pinson Mounds as a state park.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Religious and educational structures
- Miscellaneous facilities
- General tools
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Typologies and classifications
- 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
- March 21-April 13, 1963
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2050 BP-1540 BP (50 B.C.- 460 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pinson Mounds (40MD1), Tennessee, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dan F. Morse with a forword by Mary L. Kwas
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 119)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86623095
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodland culture