Archaeology of Minnesota: the prehistory of the Upper Mississippi River region

Abstract

Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: The Tools of the Trade 1.Environments of Minnesota Paleoindian and Archaic Period, ca. 11,200 to 500 BC 2First People: Paleoindian and Early Archaic Adaptations 3Prairie Everywhere: Middle and Late Archaic Adaptations Initial Woodland Period, ca. 1000-500 BC to AD 500-700 4Southern Deer Hunters, Gardeners, and Bison Hunters: Initial Woodland Adaptations in Southern Minnesota 5Northern Hunters, Fishers, and Wild Rice Harvesters: Initial Woodland Adaptations in Central and Northern Minnesota Terminal Woodland and Mississippian Period, ca. AD 500-700 to 1650 6Terminal Woodland Effigy Mound Builders and Bison Hunters: Terminal Woodland Adaptations in Southern Minnesota 7First Tribes in Southern Minnesota: Mississippian and Plains Village Adaptation 8.First Tribes in Central and Northern Minnesota: Terminal Woodland Adaptations Conclusion: Long-Term Pattern in the Past Notes Bibliography Index