Book
The Iowa Effigy Mound manifestation: an interpretive model
Office of the State Archaeologist, The University of Iowa • (9) • Published In 1976 • Pages: viii, 128
By: Mallam, R. Clark.
Abstract
Mallam uses data from previous surveys and his own survey of the effigy mounds in Iowa to propose some interpretive models on the Effigy Mound tradition. Using statistics he was able to place the effigy mounds into four categories and to show that most effigy mounds in Iowa occur within the Driftless Zone and near the confluence of a tributary and the Mississippi River. The mounds were made by different social groups with the mound complexes functioning as territorial demarcators. These gatherings probably occurred during the late spring and early summer so '… activities such as gift-giving, marriages, and alliances [could be] conducted …espcially for the purpose of insuring access to favorable natural resource areas…' (page 57) such as those found within the Mississippi trench. A third hypothesis on the subsistence-settlement patterns (summer gatherings at the mound complexes with people dispersing into family groups during the winter) needs additional data from sites other than mound complexes before it can be fully evaluated.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2004
- Field Date
- 1973
- Coverage Date
- Effigy Mound; 1700 BP-358 BP (300 A.D.-1642 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- Iowa and Wisconsin; United States
- Notes
- by R. Clark Mallam
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-128)
- LCCN
- 76018668
- LCSH
- Woodland culture