Tremper Mound, Hopewell Catlinite, and Pima Technology

Emerson, Thomas E.; Hughes, Robert; Farnsworth, Kenneth B.; Wisseman, Sarah U.; Hynes, Mary R.

doi:10.1179/mca.2005.007

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“…This work helped establish a solid reference database for Midwestern pipestones that can be used for future artifact sourcing. Many of our results have been published previously (e.g., Hughes et al, 1998;Hughes, 2000, 2001;Emerson et al, 2002Emerson et al, , 2003Emerson et al, , 2004Emerson et al, , 2005aWisseman et al, 2002Wisseman et al, , 2004Wisseman et al, , 2011. In this paper, we present how NIS (PIMA) works for sourcing pipestones, the dominant mineral composition of the major pipestone sources, and the current state of our knowledge on pipestone geology.…”

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confidence: 55%

“…PIMA analysis of pipes in Ohio collections showed that the pipestone usage differed at two major Middle Woodland (100 B.C. and A.D. 300) sites in Ohio: Tremper Mound and Mound City (Emerson et al, , 2005a(Emerson et al, , 2005b(Emerson et al, , 2008. Only a small percentage of the production at Tremper was from local stone; most of the pipes were made from pipestone from northwestern Illinois and Minnesota catlinite types A and B.…”

Section: Northern Illinois and Ohio Pipestonesmentioning

confidence: 96%

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Refining the identification of native American pipestone quarries in the midcontinental United States

Wisseman¹,

Hughes²,

Emerson³

et al. 2012

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Section: Northern Illinois and Ohio Pipestonesmentioning

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Refining the identification of native American pipestone quarries in the midcontinental United States

Wisseman¹,

Hughes²,

Emerson³

et al. 2012

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…However, the Bayesian results presented here are part of a growing body of evidence that 50 cal BC to cal AD 1 may be the most likely start for Ohio Hopewell. For example, Emerson et al note that the “earliest known example of Scioto Hopewell mound ceremonialism” (2013:56) occurs at the Tremper mound and enclosure in the lower Scioto Valley, which they have dated to 1990 ± 70 BP (60 cal BC–cal AD 85 at 1σ; Emerson et al 2005). The two most thoroughly dated Hopewell earthwork construction sequences—Hopeton and Pollock—were built well after 100 BC.…”

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confidence: 99%

Hopewell Bladelets: A Bayesian Radiocarbon Analysis

Miller¹

2018

Am. Antiq.

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Hopewell bladelets may be the most common diagnostic artifact of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere. As such, they are often recognized as a Middle Woodland “index fossil” and a key materialized indication of Hopewell ceremonialism. However, few formal analyses of their occurrence across space and time exist. Drawing on published reports, as well as an extensive review of the unpublished gray literature, I present a Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon-dated, bladelet-bearing features from across Ohio. The Bayesian model provides insight into previously unrecognized temporal variation in this element of Hopewell material culture. Results indicate that bladelets are present from around the BC/AD switch to nearly AD 500 in certain portions of the state. Analysis by major drainages indicates that bladelets occur earliest in southern and central Ohio before subsequently spreading north to the Lake Erie region. Understanding the spatial and temporal variation in artifact classes such as Hopewell bladelets is essential to explaining prehistoric cultural processes.

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“…For example, the large cache deposit of Hopewell pipes from the Tremper Mound, located near a source of Ohio pipestone, was found to contain many pipes made from Minnesota catlinite (Emerson et al 2005). These empirical studies amplify our modeling of direct and indirect acquisition of mortuary exotica.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…An important set of technical analyses involving raw material sourcing, begun with Hopewellian obsidian artifacts (Griffin 1965), has transcended the more traditional definition of reduction sequences for lithic tools (Emerson et al 2005;Fie 2006;Griffin et al 1969;Hughes 2006;Hughes and Fortier 1997). These examinations of mineral and chemical composition of artifacts are critical steps in the study of local and nonlocal production that articulate with many other research questions.…”

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Hopewell Archaeology: A View from the Northern Woodlands

Abrams

2009

J Archaeol Res

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A tremendous amount of research on Hopewellian societies in the Northern Woodlands of the United States has been conducted within the last decade. This article summarizes the main themes and directions of that current research and presents a general model of Hopewellian societies. Local communities appear to have been small in size and relatively sedentary; sets of these communities shared a greater sense of cultural identity within a lineage and possibly clan organization, with each riverine drainage system occupied by a mosaic of lineages. Each in turn was spatially centered on specific clusters of religious, nonresidential public architecture. Alliances were based on a number of historically shifting variables, including religion, kinship, politics, and economics. It is suggested that future research continue existing methodologies and analyses and consider new ecological, genetic, and ideological research as a means of adding greater local historic nuance to this general model of Hopewellian societies.

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Tremper Mound, Hopewell Catlinite, and Pima Technology

Cited by 28 publications

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Refining the identification of native American pipestone quarries in the midcontinental United States

Refining the identification of native American pipestone quarries in the midcontinental United States

Hopewell Bladelets: A Bayesian Radiocarbon Analysis

Hopewell Archaeology: A View from the Northern Woodlands

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