essay

'Reluctant' or 'avant-garde' Hopewell?: suggestions of Middle Woodland culture change in east-central Indiana and south-central Ohio

hopewell archaeology : the chillicothe conferenceKent, OhioPublished In 1979 • Pages: 59-63

By: Vickery, Kent D. (Kent David).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Griffin summarized this article by stating, 'What did I call that New Castle stuff when I first saw it…? 'Reluctant Hopewell,' and I still think that this is a group participating in some of the ideas which are common to Hopewell, but haven't quite reached it yet.' (page 59). The differences in mortuary structure and earthwork orientations between the New Castle phase in Indiana and the Mound City Group in Ohio are compared. Later mound structures are found to be oriented toward a single structure. It appears to represent a concern for centralized ceremonial observance.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Cultural participation
Religious and educational structures
Burial practices and funerals
Sacred objects and places
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
1969 and 1968
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
circa 2100 BP-1800 BP (circa 100 B.C.- 200 A.D.)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Mound City, Ohio; Anderson Group and New Castle Earthwork Complex, Indiana; United States
NotesAdditional notes
Kent D. Vickery
For bibliographical references see document 11: Brose and Greber
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
79088607
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Hopewell culture