essay
Hopewellian contacts in southern middle Tennessee
hopewell archaeology : the chillicothe conference • Kent, Ohio • Published In 1979 • Pages: 150-156
By: Butler, Brian M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Butler discusses the Yearwood site and the excavations there. Described are several structures, burials (which contain only a few exotic artifacts), and the ceramic and lithic technologies. This site may contain some of the earliest evidence for Hopewell contacts in the area and Butler states 'Yearwood represents an early horizon for the [Hopewell interaction sphere].' (page 156.)
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Architecture
- Settlement patterns
- External trade
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- 1976-1977
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2100 BP-1900 BP (100 B.C.-100 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yearwood site; Tennessee, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Brian M. Butler
- For bibliographical references see document 11: Brose and Greber
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79088607
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopewell culture