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Ancient Aztalan: the cultural and ecological context of a late prehistoric site in the Midwest

cahokia and the hinterlands : middle mississipian cultures of the midwestUrbanaPublished In 1991 • Pages: 193-206

By: Goldstein, Lynne, Richards, John D..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Goldstein and Richards describe briefly the intrasite context of Aztalan and examine the site's ecological and cultural context. The information that the authors provide in this article makes it clear that the site's location is not as anomalous as some archaeologists previously believed.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Reviews and critiques
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Topography and geology
Miscellaneous structures
Settlement patterns
Military installations
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 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
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 date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
900 BP - 700 BP (1100 A.D - 1300 A.D.)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Aztalan, southeastern Wisconsin, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Lynne G. Goldstein and John D. Richards
'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