Book
Hadfields Cave: a perspective on Late Woodland culture in northeastern Iowa
Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa • Iowa City • Published In 1980 • Pages: xii, 238
By: Benn, David W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Benn excavated Hadfields Cave, a site that dates from the Intermediate period to the beginning of the Late Woodland, or 1700 B.P.- 1200 B.P. (300 A.D. to 800 A.D.). The upper stratum date from 500 A.D. to 800 A.D. and include Linn and Madison Ware ceramics. The author does not always distinguish between the stratum when discussing the tools or ceramics so the reader needs to use caution. Benn has named the Late Woodland complexes in northeastern Iowa the Keyes Phase, a component of the Effigy Mound Tradition. Benn describes the ceramics found in the cave and compares them to others in the neighboring states. The twined fabrics found as part of the cord and/or fabric-roughened decorations on the ceramics are described in detail and some of the fabrics are reconstructed. The stone, bone, and shell tools and musical instruments are described and some of them are shown in the plates. Seed remains were 'extracted from 341 liters of soil systematically sampled from features and levels…at the site.' (page 122). These are used to help reconstruct environment, diet, fuel use, and seasonality. The growth rings in the white-tailed deer teeth were examined for seasonality indicators as were the faunal remains and it appears the cave was occupied during the fall, winter and spring.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Fauna
- Flora
- Annual cycle
- Hunting and trapping
- Diet
- Cordage
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Typologies and classifications
- 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
- 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 ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1700 BP-1200 BP (300 A.D.-800 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hadfields Cave (13JN3); Iowa, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- David W. Benn
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-237)
- Not included: Appendices A-F [microfiche (2 sheets (196 p. ; 11 x15 cm.) in pocket]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79022010
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodland culture