book chapter
Interaction spheres in prehistory
hopewellian studies • 12 (6) • Published In 1964 • Pages: 133-143
By: Caldwell, Joseph R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Caldwell presents his theory about the 'Hopewellian interaction sphere.' 'Instead, we shall identify the Hopewellian situation as an interaction sphere embracing a number of distinct societies and separate cultures…. The interactions … are in mortuary-religious matters but not, primarily, at least, in other departments of culture.' (page 137). Caldwell points out that there are many different secular regional traditions within what is called Hopewell, that the diagnostic artifacts had different sources, and that it was the religious interaction between these cultures that lead to the floresence of Hopewell.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural participation
- 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
- 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
- 2100 BP-1500 BP (100 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)
- Illinois and Ohio; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Joseph R. Caldwell
- For bibliographical references see document 4: [Caldwell and Hall]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 65000555
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopewell culture