Book
The Hopewell interaction sphere: the evidence for interregional trade and structural complexity
Indiana Historical Society • 5 (2) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 235-438 , plates
By: Seeman, Mark F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is a modified version of Seeman's Ph.D. dissertation. Seeman analyzes Struever and Houart's 1972 model of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere in more detail. Seeman tries to determine exactly what kind of artifacts were traded and how complex the system was. He presents a quantitative analysis of the items traded in the Interaction Sphere from data gathered from published literature, unpublished notes and manuscripts, personal communications, and museum collections. He also discusses potential sources of raw materials. The data are subjected to statistical analysis, especially factor analysis. He concludes, '…the Hopewell Interaction Sphere was not a particularly dynamic or integrated system…[T]he volume of interregional trade was rather low and the distribution of these goods extremely variable. The fact that the majority of the Interaction Sphere commodities were concentrated in Ohio, together with the clustering of complex sites in this area, suggests that interregional trade was predominantly a one-sided proposition, with the cultural groups of the Scioto area occupying the pivotal position.' (page 411). Only the area that is considered to be within Hopewell as defined by Peter N. Peregrine in the article 'Hopewell,' in the Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Embers, editors, New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2001-2002, was indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Mineral resources
- Fauna
- Ornament
- Lithic industries
- Smiths and their crafts
- External trade
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hopewell
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- 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 ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2200 BP - 1500 BP (200 B.C.-500 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- the Midwest; Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Mark F. Seeman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-438)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81125434
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopewell culture