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CHAPTER FOURTEEN Living on the edge: a comparison of Adena and Hopewell communities in the central Muskingum Valley of eastern Ohio

ohio hopewell community organizationKent, OhioPublished In 1997 • Pages: 365-401

By: Carskadden, Jeff, Morton, James.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
'From 1971 through 1991 the authors undertook a survey of prehistoric sites in Muskingum County, eastern Ohio.' (page 366). Their work also included some excavation. Carskadden and Morton analyzed the site data to further understand settlement patterns of the Adena and Hopewell. They found the Adena communites also inhabited the river bottoms so there was continuity of settlement pattern between the two cultures. They also found many areas were occupied continuously from Adena into Hopewell times. They believe the ritual and mortuary focus of these communites were the nearby mounds. The mounds may be more closely associated with river-bottom communities who would have had a larger work force. Only the data pertaining to the Hopewell were indexed for Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) subjects.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Organization and analysis of results of research
Location
Topography and geology
Land use
Settlement patterns
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
1971-1991
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)
Muskingum Valley, Ohio, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Jeff Carskadden and James Morton
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-401)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
96027659
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Hopewell culture