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Mississippian in the upper Kaskaskia Valley: new data from Lake Shelbyville and new interpretations
cahokia and the hinterlands : middle mississipian cultures of the midwest • Urbana • Published In 1991 • Pages: 239-256
By: Moffat, Charles R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Although Cahokian population movements, influences, and trade networks are essential to an understanding of the culture history of the Mississippi River Valley north of the American Bottom, Moffat points out in this article that Cahokian influences in the Upper Kaskaskian River Valley are only minor.and it is necessary to reasses many of the archaeological assumptions concerning the Mississippian occupation of this area. From the analysis of the upper valley data the author has developed a new chronology which he believes may also be applicable, in part, to the middle valley as well. The new classification scheme so devised distinguishes two Mississipian complexes, one centered in the upper valley and the other in the lower valley. Both complexes appear distinct from Cahokia. This paper reviews the previous model of late prehistoric Kaskaskia Valley culture history, describes the evidence and the logical processes used in developing the new model, and discusses its significance for the region and for midwestern prehistory (p. 239).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Internal migration
- Ceramic technology
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Dating methods in archaeology
- 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 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
- 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
- 980 BP - 500 BP (1020 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)
- upper Kaskaskia River Vallley, Illinois, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charles R. Moffat
- '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