Early Woodland in the Trans-Missouri West

Johnson, Alfred E.

doi:10.1080/2052546.1992.11909675

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“…Ceramic decorative styles suggest long-distance interactions with the Eastern Early Woodland complexes (Valley), the southeastern US Hopewell groups (Cuesta and KCH), and the Lower Illinois Valley (KCH). However, each complex likely emerged from earlier local adaptations (Johnson 1992; Keehner and Adair 2019; Martin 2007; Schmits and Bailey 1989).…”

Section: The Eastern Central Plains Region and Sitesmentioning

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Early Maize (Zea mays) in the North American Central Plains: The Microbotanical Evidence

Adair

Duncan

Young³

et al. 2022

Am. Antiq.

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Artifacts, including ceramics, ground stone, and soil samples, as well as dental calculus, recovered from sites in the eastern North American central Plains were submitted to multiple laboratories for analysis of microbotanical remains. Direct accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) dates of 361–197 cal BC provide evidence for the earliest use of maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) in this region. Squash (Cucurbita sp.), wild rice (cf. Zizania spp.), and palm (Arecaceae sp.) microremains were also found. This research adds to the growing evidence of the importance of microbotanical analysis in documenting plant use and in the identification of early maize. The combined data on early maize from the eastern Plains adds to our understanding of the timing and dispersal of this crop out of the American Southwest. Alternative explanations for the adoption and early use of maize by eastern central Plains communities include its value as a secondary resource, as an addition to an existing farming strategy, or as a component of Middle Woodland rituals.

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Section: The Eastern Central Plains Region and Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Early Maize (Zea mays) in the North American Central Plains: The Microbotanical Evidence

Adair

Duncan

Young³

et al. 2022

Am. Antiq.

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Modeling Kansas City Hopewell Developments and Regional Social Interactions: A Multisite Ceramic Analysis and New AMS Radiocarbon Ages

Keehner

Adair

2018

Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology

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Drilled Bear Canine Teeth from an Archaeological Site in East-Central Kansas

Hoard

2021

Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology

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A minimum of 14 drilled bear canine teeth associated with 5 human teeth and fragmented bone from a surface exposure in east-central Kansas indicate contact between groups participating in the Hopewell social network in the American Midwest. Drilled, polished, ground, and scored bear teeth, along with a range of exotic and symbolic artifacts, are characteristic of Hopewell burial sites. The Kansas site, 14LY405, where the bear teeth were found marks the southwestern extent of the known distribution of sites with a specific kind of drilled bear canines and helps define the boundary of the Hopewell social network in the Great Plains.

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Early Woodland in the Trans-Missouri West

Cited by 4 publications

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Early Maize (Zea mays) in the North American Central Plains: The Microbotanical Evidence

Early Maize (Zea mays) in the North American Central Plains: The Microbotanical Evidence

Modeling Kansas City Hopewell Developments and Regional Social Interactions: A Multisite Ceramic Analysis and New AMS Radiocarbon Ages

Drilled Bear Canine Teeth from an Archaeological Site in East-Central Kansas

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