Reassessing the chronology of the Mississippian Central Illinois River Valley using Bayesian analysis

Wilson, Gregory D.; Melton, Mallory A.; VanDerwarker, Amber M.

doi:10.1080/0734578x.2017.1377510

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“…The primary model shows good overall agreement (A model =88.5) between the 14 C dates and the model assumptions. The model estimates that the earliest activity on the site began in cal AD 990-1165 (95% probability; Figure 3; Primary Model: Start Lawrenz), and probably in cal AD 1075-1150 (68% probability), when initial Mississippi settlements were founded further upstream (Wilson et al 2018). The model estimates that palisade construction with circular bastions began in cal AD 1150-1230 (95% probability; Figure 3; Primary Model: Start Circular Bastion Palisade), and probably in cal AD 1165-1205 (68% probability).…”

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“…Relatively few 14 C dates have been obtained and Wilson (2010:51) recently noted that the paucity of 14 C dates from the CIRV has resulted in "insufficient knowledge" about Woodland/Mississippi transitional period sites. More recently, Wilson et al (2018) analyze 24 new 14 C dates from Mississippian CIRV occupations with exploratory Bayesian models for ceramic chronologies, but do not fully consider sample taphonomy in their modeling, nor derive definitive conclusions from the Bayesian models in part due to the paucity of 14 C data.…”

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Geophysical survey and excavations from 2010–2016 at Lawrenz Gun Club (11CS4), a late pre-Columbian village located in the central Illinois River valley in Illinois, identified 10 mounds, a central plaza, and dozens of structures enclosed within a stout 10 hectare bastioned palisade. Nineteen radiocarbon (14C) measurements were taken from single entities of wood charcoal, short-lived plants, and animal bones. A site chronology has been constructed using a Bayesian approach that considers the stratigraphic contexts and feature formation processes. The village was host to hundreds of years of continuous human activity during the Mississippi Period. Mississippian activity at the site is estimated to have begun incal AD 990–1165 (95% probability), ended incal AD 1295–1450 (95% probability), and lasted150–420 yr (95% probability)in the primary Bayesian model with similar results obtained in two alternative models. The palisade is estimated to have been constructed incal AD 1150–1230 (95% probability)and was continuously repaired and rebuilt for15–125 yr (95% probability), probably for40–85 yr (68% probability). Comparison to other studies demonstrates that the bastioned palisade at Lawrenz was one of the earliest constructed in the midcontinental United States.

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“…They are commonly “thin walled, and are often decorated, bowls and beakers” used as serving vessels (Holley 1989:11). Early Caddo vessels at Cahokia are most often referred to as fine wares (Brennan et al 2019) but have also been referred to as “fine grog wares”; their temper may be grog or mixed with fine grog and shell, and temper particles are commonly less than 0.8 mm in diameter (Hamlin 2004; Trubitt et al 2016; Wilson 1999). Recently, Cahokia scholars have demonstrated that potters likely made grog temper from shell-tempered vessels, the most common manufacturing technique at Cahokia.…”

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Understanding the Rise of Complexity at Cahokia: Evidence of Nonlocal Caddo Ceramic Specialists in the East St. Louis Precinct

Lambert

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2023

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This article investigates the rise of social complexity of Cahokia's multiethnic city through a robust stylistic grammar analysis of early Caddo fine ware vessels at Cahokia's East St. Louis Precinct. We explore ceramic production and distribution to shed light on whether Caddo-like fine wares were produced by Caddo potters who lived and crafted at Cahokia, were produced by local Cahokia potters who copied Caddo motifs, or were imported to Cahokia from the southern Caddo area. This investigation helps us better understand the nature of Caddo connections at the beginning of Cahokia's development and provides a means of identifying and interpreting new levels of social interactions between the Caddo world and Cahokia. The stylistic grammar results show that the majority of the Caddo-like vessels at Cahokia have identical stylistic grammar as vessels from the Caddo world. This strongly suggests that Caddo craft specialists migrated to, lived, and crafted their homeland vessels at Cahokia and thus were key social actors in its development.

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From Categories to Connections in the Archaeology of Eastern North America

Holland‐Lulewicz

2021

J Archaeol Res

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Reassessing the chronology of the Mississippian Central Illinois River Valley using Bayesian analysis

Cited by 4 publications

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Chronology of a Fortified Mississippian Village in the Central Illinois River Valley

Chronology of a Fortified Mississippian Village in the Central Illinois River Valley

Understanding the Rise of Complexity at Cahokia: Evidence of Nonlocal Caddo Ceramic Specialists in the East St. Louis Precinct

From Categories to Connections in the Archaeology of Eastern North America

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