essay
Woodland subsistence-settlement systems in the Lower Illinois Valley
new perspectives in archeology • Chicago • Published In 1968 • Pages: 285-312
By: Struever, Stuart.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Struever presents some of the results from a site survey and excavation project in the lower Illinois Valley in an area where Hopewell developed. Struever was interested in learning about change in subsistence-settlement systems from the Early to Middle Woodland periods. (Only the material pertaining to the Middle Woodland period was indexed for Outline of Cultural Materials subjects.) Struever uses the environmental context of the valley to interpret the archaeological data. He found sites that showed sustained occupation, perhaps year-round, one site that appears to have been a trade or exchange hub (there were large quantities of imported raw materials and finished goods), and a site adjacent to the Peisker mounds that showed multiple, short-lived occupations associated with the burial of the dead. The data also show evidence of what Struever calls 'Intensive Harvest Collecting,' with subsistence centering on foods that 'occur in large, concentrated populations and [that] lend themselves to harvesting…' (page 305) such as nuts, acorns, certain plant seeds, white-tail deer, migratory waterfowl, and fish.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Sociocultural trends
- Settlement patterns
- 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
- 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 ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2200 BP-1600 BP (200 B.C.-400 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- lower Illinois Valley, Illinois and Missouri; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stuart Struever
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-312)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 67027386
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopewell culture