book chapter
The Adena people, no. 2
Ohio Historical Society • Columbus, Ohio • Published In 1973 • Pages:
By: Webb, William SWebb, William S. (William Snyder), nyder, Baby, Raymond S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The reader is cautioned that Webb and Baby date Adena from about 800 B.C. to 700 A.D. (2800 B.P.- 1300 B.P.). This was due to the poor state of radiocarbon dating in the 1940s. The time period for Adena is now know to be much shorter (2600 B.P.- 1900 B.P.). Webb and Baby view this document as a supplement to 'The Adena People' (eHRAF document no. 6) by listing 49 additional Adena sites, listing some new traits, and adding better definitions for some of the old traits. They discuss Adena use of Kentucky rock shelters. They examine in more detail Adena animal masks, medicine bags, and Adena tablets. They also examine possible Adena influence on Hopewell and the Southern Cult. And they discuss the age of Adena based on the radiocarbon dates then known and list some of the traits for early, middle and late Adena.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Comparative evidence
- Ornament
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Lithic industries
- Miscellaneous structures
- Paint and dye manufacture
- General tools
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- Ethnozoology
- 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 chapter
- 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
- 1950
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Adena; Early Woodland
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ohio Valley; Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by William S. Webb and Raymond S. Baby ; with chapters by Charles E. Snow and Robert Goslin
- 'Supplements the volume entitled The Adena people, by William S. Webb and Charles E. Snow (Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Kentucky, Reports in anthropology and archaeology, vol. VI, Lexington, Kentucky, 1945)'
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-119)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 58062634
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Adena culture