book chapter

The Adena people

University of Tennessee Press • 6 • Published In 1974 • Pages: i-xix, 1-119, 247-370

By: Webb, William S. (William Snyder), Snow, Charles E. (Charles Ernest).

Abstract

'This study of 'The Adena People' deals largely with their burial customs and earth mounds erected over the remains of their dead; and with the physical anthropology of such skeletal material as has been preserved …' (page 5). One of the ideas put forth by the authors is that the origins of Adena (and perhaps the Adena people) came from Middle America. This no longer thought to be true, instead Adena is seen to come from local ideas and peoples of the eastern United States. This monograph contains a trait list for Adena, including descriptions of the individual traits. A listing of the then known 175 mounds can also be found. It also contains tables of the physical anthropological measurements for cranial and post-cranial material.

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

North America

Sub Region

Eastern Woodlands

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry ; 2005

Field Date

1930s and 1940s

Coverage Date

Adena; 2500 BP-1790 BP (500 B.C.- 210 A.D.)

Coverage Place

Ohio Valley; Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia; United States

Notes

by William S. Webb and Charles E. Snow. With a chapter on Adena pottery and a foreword to the new ed. by James B. Griffin

Reprint of the 1945 ed. published by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, which was issued as v. 6 of its Dept. of Anthropology and Archaeology Reports in anthropology and archaeology

Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-356)

LCCN

74010598

LCSH

Adena culture