essay
Miller Hopewell of the Tombigee drainage
hopewell archaeology : the chillicothe conference • Kent, Ohio • Published In 1979 • Pages: 171-180
By: Jenkins, Ned J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Jenkins summarizes the Miller Culture in the Tombigbee Drainage, especially the ceramics and lithic artifacts. The Miller I phase has Hopewellian-like burial mounds. The Miller II phase still contains Hopewellian-like burial mounds but lacks the numerous trade goods. It appears the people of the area no longer actively participated in the Hopewell interaction sphere after 1700-1600 B.P. (300-400 A.D.). The Miller Culture participated in a regional trade network that traded mostly with the more local cultures along with some of the Hopewell centers. Only the data pertaining to Hopewell or Hopewell-like artifacts were indexed for OCM (Outlline of Cultural Materials) subjects.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ornament
- Ceramic technology
- Smiths and their crafts
- Religious and educational structures
- Burial practices and funerals
- Sacred objects and places
- 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
- 1977
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2100 BP-1600 BP (100 B.C.-400 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tombigbee drainage; Alabama and Mississippi, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ned J. Jenkins
- For bibliographical references see document 11: Brose and Greber
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79088607
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopewell culture