book chapter
The Hopewell interaction sphere in Riverine-Western Great Lakes culture history
hopewellian studies • 12 (3) • Published In 1964 • Pages: 85-106
By: Struever, Stuart.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Struever discusses Hopewell as it is found in the Havana tradition and a little bit in the Crab Orchard tradition. He points out that Hopewell artifacts are not just grave goods (although they often ended up in graves) for the raw materials and the finished artifacts are also found in habitation sites. He believes the Hopewell Interaction Sphere had more to do with exchange of raw materials and ideas than of finished artifacts. He also discusses why Hopewell emerged where it did, looking at ecological reasons for its development and at the development of agriculture in the mud-flats of the river bottoms, especially as the type of plants used for agriculture were ones that need disturbed soil to thrive. Struever's work found plant remains when flotation was used on deposits from pits and hearths. 'Large quantities of plant remains were found which had already escaped detection in the standard screening process. Indeed, the subsistence activities … look … quite different than had we not used the flotation process. The difference … bringing to light an array of carbonized remains that reflects a strong dependence on nuts and seeds.' (page 102).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Location
- Flora
- Sociocultural trends
- Ceramic technology
- 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 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 ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2100 BP-1650 BP (100 B.C.-350 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Stuart Struever
- For bibliographical references see document 4: [Caldwell and Hall]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 65000555
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopewell culture