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Middle Woodland cultural development in the Straits of Mackinac region: beyond the Hopewell frontier
hopewell archaeology : the chillicothe conference • Kent, Ohio • Published In 1979 • Pages: 109-112
By: Fitting, James E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Fitting explores the relationship '..between the Hopewellian cultures of the south and the Lake Forest Middle Woodland peoples of the north. There are .. shared traits… The northern peoples were located around the source of … Lake Superior copper…' (page 109). Fitting describes two sites in the Straits of Mackinac (the McGreggor and the Gyftakis sites) and the possible Hopewell influences found there. Only the data that pertain to Hopewell and not Lake Forest Middle Woodland were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ceramic technology
- Utensils
- External trade
- Visual arts
- 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
- 1972-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900 BP-1500 BP (100 A.D.-500 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Straits of Mackinac, Michigan; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- James E. Fitting
- For bibliographical references see document 11: Brose and Greber
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79088607
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopewell culture