book chapter

Farmers without plows, warriors without swords: the last act of prehistory

Great Lakes archaeologyNew YorkPublished In 1981 • Pages: 295-372

By: Mason, Ronald J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Mason summarizes the Late Woodland time period for the region around the Great Lakes. Included in this are descriptions for Blackduck, Effigy Mound, Heins Creek, Mackinac, Princess Point, Hunter's Home, Oneota, Owasco and Proto-Iroquois, Ontario Iroquois, Younge (Western Basin), Bois Blanc, and Juntunen. Mason describes the diagnostic attributes such as point types, other stone tools, ceramics, type of economy, and settlement pattern. These items are compared with other cultures or traditions and the origins of some cultures are proposed. Population movements are also briefly discussed where appropriate.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Location
Sociocultural trends
Cultural participation
Ceramic technology
General tools
Visual arts
Chronologies and culture sequences
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Eastern Late 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
book chapter
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 ; 2004
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
Late Woodland
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Great Lakes region; Canada and United States
NotesAdditional notes
Ronald J. Mason
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-372)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
80002340
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Woodland culture