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Living on the edge: a comparison of Adena and Hopewell communities in the central Muskingum Valley of eastern Ohio

ohio hopewell community organizationKent, OhioPublished In 1997 • Pages: 365-401

By: Carskadden, Jeff, Morton, James.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Carskadden and Morton use survey data from the central Muskingum Valley to explore settlement patterns. Both drainage basins and hinterlands were surveyed. They were particularly interested in how Adena settlement patterns influenced later Hopewell patterns. They argue that Adena communities were dispersed clusters of river-bottom hamlets from early Adena times on with no major shift of people from the hinterlands to the river bottoms. There were also hinterland Adena communities, which were also clustered, and ritual/mortuary mounds separated from the living communities. The Muskingum Valley is compared with similar surveys in the Upper Licking River and Jonathan Creek Valleys.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Location
Topography and geology
Miscellaneous structures
Settlement patterns
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Adena
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
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 ; 2005
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1971-1991
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
2600 BP-1900 BP (600 B.C.-100 A.D.)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Muskingum River valley; Ohio, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Jeff Carskadden and James Morton
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-401)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
9627659
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Adena culture