Eastern Woodlands Research Articles

Engendering Archaeology: Women and Prehistory

Preface. Part I: Considerations for an Archaeology of Gender: . 1. Tensions, Pluralities, and Engendering Archaeology: An Introduction to Women and Prehistory: Margaret W. Conkey and Joan M. Gero (University of California at Berkeley and University of South Carolina). 2. Gender Theory and the Archaeological Record: Why is There No Archaeology of Gender?: Alison Wylie (University of Western Ontario). Part II: Space and Gender Relations: . 3. Contexts of Action, Contexts for Power: Material Culture and Gender in the Magdalenian: Margaret W. Conkey (University of California at Berkeley). 4. Households with Faces: The Challenge of Gender in Prehistoric Architectural Remains: Ruth E. Tringham (University of California at Berkeley). 5. Gender, Space and Food in Prehistory: Christine A. Hastorf (University of Minnesota). Part III: Material Aspects of Gender Production:. 6. Genderlithics: Womena s Role in Stone Tool Production: Joan M. Gero (University of South Carolina). 7. Womena s Labor and Pottery Production in Prehistory: Rita P. Wright (University of New York). 8. Weaving and Cooking: Womena s Production in Aztec Mexico: Elizabeth Brumfiel (Albion College). Part IV: Gender and Food Systems:. 9. The Development of Horticulture in the Eastern Woodlands of North America: Womena s Role: Patty Jo Watson and Mary C. Kennedy (Washington University). 10. Shellfishing and the Shell Mound Archaic: Cheryl P. Claassen (Appalachian State University). 11. Pounding Acorn: Womena s Production as Social and Economic Focus: Thomas Jackson (Biosystems Analysis, Inc.). Part V: Images of Gender: . 12. Whose Art was Found at Lepenski Vir? Gender Relations and Power in Prehistory: Russell G. Handsman (American Indian Archaeological Institute). 13. Women in a Mena s World: Images of Sumerian Women: Susan Pollock (State University of New York at Binghamton). 14. What this All Means: Towards a Feminist Archaeology: Janet D. Spector (University of Minnesota). Epilogue: Henrietta L. Moore (London School of Economics and University of London).

Interpretations of Culture Change in the Eastern Woodlands During the Late Woodland Period. Richard W. Yerkes, editor. Occasional Papers in Anthropology No. 3. Ohio State University, 1988.

Interpretations of Culture Change in the Eastern Woodlands During the Late Woodland Period. Richard W. Yerkes, editor. Occasional Papers in Anthropology No. 3. Ohio State University, 1988. - Volume 56 Issue 1

CanMus Documents 1 - Hymn Tunes in Canada, John Beckwith, ed. Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1987. 165 pp. 0-7727-8550-3 CanMus Documents 2 - Hello out There!, John Beckwith and Dorith Cooper, eds. Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1988. 197 pp. 0-7727-8551-1 CanMus Documents 4 - Three Studies. Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1989. 194 pp. 0-7727-8554-6

CanMus Documents 1 - Hymn Tunes in Canada, John Beckwith, ed. Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1987. 165 pp. 0-7727-8550-3 / CanMus Documents 2 - Hello out There!, John Beckwith and Dorith Cooper, eds. Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1988. 197 pp. 0-7727-8551-1 / CanMus Documents 4 - Three Studies. Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1989. 194 pp. 0-7727-8554-6. Un article de la revue Canadian University Music Review / Revue de musique des universités canadiennes (Volume 11, numéro 2, 1991, p. 1-164) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit.

Additions to the Lichen Flora of Utah. I

Seventy-two species of hlichens are reported for the first time from Utah. Significant range extensions include southwestern occurrences of Anaptychia palmulata (Michx.) Vain,. and Letharia vulpina (L.) Hue. This report was prepared in conjunction with publication of a catalog of Utah lichens. Based on examination of material from various U.S. herbaria, ongoing floristic investigations in the Uinta Moun- tains, and preliminary investigations elsewhere in the state, these 72 additions raise Utah's total num- ber of lichen species to 391. Most of the new reports are from the Uinta Mountains of northeast Utah. Specimens cited are in BRY unless otherwise indi- cated. The most significant range extension in this report is that of the pruinose sun form of Anaptychia pal- mulata (Michx.) Vain. Heretofore known only from eastern temperate woodlands, this specimen rep- resents the first collection of Anaptychia palmulata in western North America. Specimens of Letharia vulpina (L.) Hue, a fruti- cose lichen common in the Pacific Northwest and

Stature estimation in prehistoric Native Americans of Ohio

In the present report we investigate stature estimation techniques in a sample of 64 (35 male, 29 female) prehistoric Native Americans from Ohio. Because living stature is unknown for these 64 individuals, we use Fully's (1956) anatomical method to provide the best estimates of living stature. In this method all osseous components of skeletal height are measured and soft tissue correction is added. Comparisons of regression equations commonly used for stature estimation in prehistoric Eastern Woodland Native American populations, but developed for East Asian and East Asian-derived populations (using lower extremity components), show that these commonly used equations consistently yield stature estimates 2 to 8 cm in excess of the best estimates from Fully's method. Based on the skeletal height measures of the 64 individuals in the present sample, we develop regression equations for the estimation of stature. These equations yield stature estimates virtually identical to estimates from Fully's method and may prove useful for stature reconstruction in other prehistoric Eastern Woodland Native American populations.

Interpretations of Culture Change in the Eastern Woodlands During the Late Woodland Period. Richard W. Yerkes, editor, with contributions by Patrick J. Munson, David P. Braun, Patty Jo Watson, John O'Shea, and Richard Michael Gramly. Occasional Papers in Anthropology No. 3. Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1988. 97 pp. $4.50 (paper).

Interpretations of Culture Change in the Eastern Woodlands During the Late Woodland Period. Richard W. Yerkes, editor, with contributions by Patrick J. Munson, David P. Braun, Patty Jo Watson, John O'Shea, and Richard Michael Gramly. Occasional Papers in Anthropology No. 3. Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1988. 97 pp. $4.50 (paper). - Volume 55 Issue 1

New Sweden's Role on the American Frontier: A Study in Cultural Preadaptation

The author proposes that seventeenth-century Finnish settlers of the New Sweden colony on the Delaware River made some fundamental contributions to the forest colonization system utilized in the successful and rapid occupance of the eastern woodlands of North America. Such influence is selectively demonstrated in material artifacts, particularly folk architecture, carpentry, and fence building. The proposed explanatory mechanism the cultural ecological concept of preadaptation permits an understanding of how a small group of early settlers could instruct an emerging nation of pioneers in the techniques of forest colonization.

Emergent Horticultural Economies of the Eastern Woodlands. William F. Keegan, editor. Occasional Paper No. 7. Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1987. xxviii + 371 pp., figures, tables, appendices. $23.00 (paper).

Emergent Horticultural Economies of the Eastern Woodlands. William F. Keegan, editor. Occasional Paper No. 7. Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1987. xxviii + 371 pp., figures, tables, appendices. $23.00 (paper). - Volume 54 Issue 2

The Calumet Ceremony in the Southeast and Its Archaeological Manifestations

An extremely important institution among the Indians of the Southeast in the historic period, the calumet ceremony was first recognized by French adventurers in the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region in the mid-seventeenth century. By the end of the century the ceremony was universal among Lower Mississippi Valley groups. A major focus of calumet literature in recent years has been on the timing of and the mechanism for the introduction of this ceremony in the Eastern Woodlands. Some have argued for prehistoric roots, while others have supported a historic development. A study of the spatiotemporal distribution of catlinite pipes is one way to address these issues, because such pipes are the principal archaeological expression of the ceremony. This paper focuses on the two most common catlinite pipe forms: disk pipes and elbow pipes. Overall, both forms are rare in the Southeast, but relatively they are widespread. The disk type has the greatest range and is also the earlier of the two forms, primarily being found during the protohistoric period. It is proposed here, however, that calumet introduction was coincident with the elbow catlinite form that first appeared in the Southeast in the mid-to-late seventeenth century. It is believed that calumet ceremonialism was spreading into the southern portion of the Lower Mississippi Valley at about the same time as the first French explorers were entering the area from the north.

Recent Archeological Investigations at the Jewett Mine, East-Central Texas

The Jewett Mine is a ca. 21, 000-acre lignite mine in the post oak savannah of Freestone, Leon, and Limestone counties, Texas. The project area straddles the divide between the Navasota River valley on the west and the Trinity River valley on the east and lies at the western margin of the Caddoan area . Although residential use of the area by the Caddo has not been documented, many sites have yielded small quantities of Caddoan pottery, and it is likely that cultures indigenous to the region were affected by the development of Caddoan culture not far to the east. For reference, the George C. Davis Site (41CE19) lies only 95 km to the east-northeast. In addition to contributing information about the interaction between Caddoan and neighboring groups in the central part of East Texas, the Jewett Mine sites, by virtue of their location in the Eastern Woodlands but outside of the Caddoan area proper, have the potential to shed light on such topics as regional Caddoan settlement systems and the origins of Caddo culture.

Foraging, Collecting, and Harvesting: Archaic Period Subsistence and Settlement in the Eastern Woodlands. Sarah W. Neusius, editor. Occasional Paper No. 6. Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1986. xxvii + 330 pp., figures, tables, appendices. $14.63 (paper).

Foraging, Collecting, and Harvesting: Archaic Period Subsistence and Settlement in the Eastern Woodlands. Sarah W. Neusius, editor. Occasional Paper No. 6. Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1986. xxvii + 330 pp., figures, tables, appendices. $14.63 (paper).

Foraging, Collecting, and Harvesting: Archaic Period Subsistence and Settlement in the Eastern Woodlands. Sarah W. Neusius

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook Reviews and NotesForaging, Collecting, and Harvesting: Archaic Period Subsistence and Settlement in the Eastern Woodlands. Sarah W. Neusius Daniel S. AmickDaniel S. Amick Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Anthropological Research Volume 44, Number 2Summer, 1988 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/jar.44.2.3630064 Views: 2Total views on this site Copyright 1988 The University of New MexicoPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Pre- and Post-Foraging Movements of Frugivorous Birds in an Eastern Deciduous Forest Woodland, USA

I monitored avian frugivore pre-and post-foraging behavior at ten treefall gaps and six undisturbed sites in an eastern deciduous forest woodland in USA from 1981 to 1983. Frugivores usually made only one foraging visit to a fruiting plant while in a treefall gap. Frugivore species foraged at different heights in the canopy. Postforaging movements of canopy frugivores were faster than understory frugivores. Canopy frugivores never took fruit from canopy plants although understory frugivores took fruit from canopy plants. Frugivore movements away from treefall gaps were oriented toward the nearest gap with abundant fruit. These results indicated that frugivores will disperse small seeds farther than large seeds and that canopy frugivores have a higher probability of dispersing seeds into treefall gaps than do understory frugivores.

Bayou Gulch (5DA265) Ceramics

Archaeological excavations conducted at the Bayou Gulch site in 1979 by the Colorado Department of Highways Archaeological Unit revealed a prehistoric, intermittently occupied, open campsite. The site is located in the Plains-FoothHIs transition zone at the con fluence of Cherry and Bayju creeks (south of Denver) on the extreme western perimeter of the Central Plains culture subarea. Before sherd locations were pinpointed stratigraph ically, there was an attribute analysis of the pottery, with sherds arranged into categories on the basis of wall thickness and cord impressions. The resulting groups included thin-walled, clearly and finely cordmarked pot tery, and thick-walled, coarsly cordmarked ceramics with obliterated varieties. The sherds were compared with whole and partial vessels from documented sites in Col orado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming in order to deter mine the relationship of the Bayou Gulch ceramics to recognized Plains pottery types. Finally, the sherd types were considered in the context of their exact stratigraphic positions and relationship to features and radiocarbon ages. These comparative analyses clarified the chrono logical positioning of the pottery. The results of this study suggest that the ceramic remains from Bayou Gulch are affiliated with the terminal Plains Woodland, radiocarbon dated between A.D. 900 and 1100. INTRODUCTION Pottery manufacture reached the inhab itants of the western High Plains at the begin ning of the Christian era (Wood 1967:594). Sears (1948:122) and Willey (1966:267) have defined the transition from the Archaic to the cultural tradition by the appear ance of cordmarked pottery in the latter. Archaeological manifestations in the western Plains exhibiting this early ceramic develop ment have been called Woodland in recog nition of similarities with Middle period components in the Missouri River area, which in turn are closely related to the cultural history of the eastern Woodlands (Willey 1966:311). The basic temporal trend observed in Plains ceramics involves the replacement of earlier, cord-roughened vessels with smoothed-surface or thong-wrapped, paddle marked types (Wedel 1961:168-182). The stratigraphically earlier vessels had elongated bodies, conoidal bases, and direct or slightly

New Evidence Concerning the Chronology and Paleoethnobotany of Salts Cave, Kentucky

Recent research has resolved problems surrounding the chronology and archeobotanical record of the Salts Cave Vestibule. Formerly, widely disparate radiocarbon dates made assignment of the site to either the Late Archaic or Early Woodland period equally problematic. Eight new radiocarbon determinations from Vestibule charcoal indicate an occupation in the first millennium B.C., confirming an assignment to the Early Woodland period. Previous analyses of carbonized plant remains from stratified deposits in the Vestibule indicated that the domestication of two native plants, sumpweed and sunflower, preceded the introduction of cucurbits into this part of the Eastern Woodlands. Data from other Midwestern sites have contradicted this generalization. A recent analysis of a second series of archeobotanical samples indicates that cucurbits were present at Salts Cave as early as the domesticated native annuals. These new data render the archeobotanical record of Salts Cave less anomalous than previously, and support the currently accepted reconstructions of prehistoric subsistence change in the Eastern Woodlands.

The Power of Print in the Eastern Woodlands

The Power of Print in the Eastern Woodlands

Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands: Sacred Myths, Dreams, Visions, Speeches, Healing Formulas, Rituals and Ceremonials

Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands: Sacred Myths, Dreams, Visions, Speeches, Healing Formulas, Rituals and Ceremonials

The Significance of Seeds in Eastern Woodlands Prehistoric Economy: A Contextual Analysis

Macrobotanical remains from eight archaeological sites in the Eastern Woodlands are compared to determine if there are significant trends in the paleoeconomic importance of seeds. Data obtained from feature-fill and from general midden deposits present different profiles of the significance of seeds in prehistory. It is argued that the context from which data are obtained must be considered in any discussion of the significance of that information.

Evidence for Aboriginal Tobaccos in Eastern North America

SEM micrographs of seeds from four tobaccos historically cultivated by aboriginal groups in the Eastern Woodlands and adjacent Great Plains of North America are presented. The tobaccos considered are Nicotiana rustica L., N. attenuata Torr., N. bigelovii var. quadrivalvis (Pursh) East, and N. bigelovii var. multivalvis (Lindley) East. Micrographs of seeds from herbarium collections are compared with micrographs of carbonized tobacco seeds from the Extended Middle Missouri component at the Travis I site, and tobacco is reported from the Dirt Lodge Village site, both in South Dakota. The archaeological specimens compare most favorably with N. bigelovii var. quadrivalvis (Pursh) East, the tobacco historically cultivated by the Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa. These results strengthen the evidence for trade contacts and cultural interaction by Middle Missouri tradition populations with groups to the west and provide new data on the temporal perspective for the cultivation of N. bigelovii var. quadrivalvis (Pursh) East in the Middle Missouri subarea.

Variation in Prehistoric Agricultural Systems of The New World

In this paper we present a brief summary of prehistoric agricultural develop­ ments as they are presently understood in the New World. Constraints prevent detailed evaluation of all of the cultural areas defined in the New World. Emphasis is placed, therefore, on Mesoamerica and the Central Andes, where aboriginal high cultures were found. The American Southwest, Midwest, Southeast, and Eastern Woodlands are not treated even though agriculture was an important part of cultural development in those areas. The fact that many important cultigens now shared by the world came from the Mesoamerican and Central Andean areas places a priority on understanding something about food production of the American past. Within these cultural areas we attempt to show research trends that have occurred over the past two decades. Since more intensive work has been done in Mesoamerica, it receives the greatest attention. The central question for Mesoamerica and the Central Andes has been the relationship of food produc­ tion to the rise and fall of the state ( 15, 57, 73, 108, 1 17). Over the past decade the question has been redefined in terms of a significant increase in information obtained from an extensive amount of fieldwork.