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Patterns of Late Woodland/Mississippian interaction in the lower Illinois valley drainage: a view from Starr Village

cahokia and the hinterlands : middle mississipian cultures of the midwestUrbanaPublished In 1991 • Pages: 83-118

By: Farnsworth, Kenneth B., Emerson, Thomas E., Glenn, Rebecca Miller.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
It has been widely believed by archaeologists that lower valley Late Woodland populations were physically replaced or integrated into American Bottom Mississippian cultural systems after about 1000 A.D. In this article the authors explore the possibility that such assumptions are inaccurate. In the face of these contradictions they propose an alternative model for late prehistoric culture change in the Lower Illinois Valley involving their analysis of Jersey Bluff and Mississippian artifact styles in the valley, radiocarbon date evidence for a post 800 A.D. occupation chronology of the Lower Illinois Valley, an interpretation of the Starr Village data in light of the problem, and finally their suggestion for an alternative model of regional settlement during and after so-called Emergent Mississippian times (pp. 84-85).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Dating methods in archaeology
Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
Ceramic technology
Settlement patterns
Burial practices and funerals
Chronologies and culture sequences
Typologies and classifications
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Mississippian
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Historian
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
John Beierle ; 2005
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no datae
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1100 BP-500 BP (900 A.D.-1500 A.D.)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Lower Illinois Valley, Illinois, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Kenneth B. Farnsworth, Thomas E. Emerson, and Rebecca Miller Glenn
'Published in cooperation with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.' For bibliographical references see document 2: Emerson and Lewis
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
90010759
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Mississippian culture