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An analysis of effigy mound complexes in Wisconsin
Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan • (59) • Published In 1975 • Pages: xiii, 414 , plates
By: Hurley, William Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Hurley conducted field work at the Bigelow and the Sanders sites and analyzed the artifacts. The work was done as part of a doctoral dissertation. The Bigelow site contained only mounds while the Sanders site contained mounds and a village. Both sites date to the Middle Effigy Mound tradition. The artifacts are described, with the ceramics described in more detail, and some of the fabrics from the fabric impressed ceramics are reconstructed. Because of the number of radiocarbon dates (31) from these sites, Hurley was able to further date some of the ceramics. The material from these sites is then compared with other Effigy Mound material and a description of the the Effigy Mound tradition and its culture core is given, broken into Early, Middle and Late Effigy Mound. 'This study examines and assesses previous research conducted at Effigy Mound culture sites... Excavations conducted at two Effigy Mound culture sites ... yielded valuable information concerning the longevity of site occupation, the possible rate of mound construction, the cultural utilization of a location over a controlled time period, burial customs, settlement patterns, and the nature and extent of the associalted material culture. The [sites] … yielded a total of 55,414 artifacts from sites containing 56 mounds, three houses, 91 features, and 10 prehistoric burials.' (page 4).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Cordage
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Miscellaneous structures
- Weapons
- General tools
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Typologies and classifications
- Archaeological inventories
- 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
- 1965, 1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1330 BP-880 BP (670 A.D.-1120 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bigelow site (47Pt29-1 and 47Pt29-2) and Sanders site (47Wp26 and 47Wp70); Wisconsin, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by William M. Hurley
- Includes bibliographical references ( p. 401-414)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75622026
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodland culture