Book
Adena mortuary patterns and ritual cycles in the upper Scioto River Valley, Ohio
UMI • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 2005 • Pages:
By: Hays, Christopher T. (Christopher Tinsley).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Hays used existing collections from sites in the upper Scioto River valley in Ohio to determine how the 'Adena mortuary program was practiced in a region … in central Ohio.' (page iv). He describes and analyzes nine mound sites and two open sites (villages). The sites were mostly around Alum Lake or Columbus, Ohio. He determined the mortuary rituals in the Alum Lake area were 'a relatively homogenious and stable program of secondary cremation burial,' while those around Columbus 'were highly variable in their treatment and placement of the bodies and artifacts.' (page iv). To Hays, this suggests the Columbus groups and ritual leaders had more contact with outside peoples and ideas in comparison with the Alum Lake groups. He also believes the differences between Adena mortuary ritual practices can be as great in a single valley as the variablity that can be found throughout the Adena area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Miscellaneous structures
- Weapons
- General tools
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Cultural stratigraphy
- 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
- 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
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- early to late Adena; 2675 BP-2005 BP (675 B.C.-5 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- upper Scioto River valley, Ohio, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Christopher T. Hays
- UM 9520666
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-422)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- State University of New York at Binghamton, 1995
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Adena culture