Some Comments on Situations in the Midcontinental Middle Woodland

A trench excavated into the waterlogged fringe of the Lamoka Lake site in central New York state yielded cultural stratigraphic zones with abundant artifacts and food remains. A peaty layer resting upon Late Archaic beach or streamside deposits produced late Middle Woodland (Kipp Island phase) ceramics and stone implements. Discoveries of wood, fruit pits, and nuts in the same layer as well as rich congeries of animal bones indicate that the archaeological potential of the Lamoka Lake site is not exhausted.

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Woodland Social Change in the Central Midwest: A Review and Evaluation of Interpretive Trends

North American Archaeologist ◽

10.2190/dhar-rqj2-cgwj-a1a8 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 141-161 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Joseph A. Tainter

Keyword(s):

Social Change ◽

Late Woodland ◽

Middle Woodland ◽

West Central ◽

Central Illinois

The analysis of Middle Woodland to Late Woodland social change in west-central Illinois has produced contrasting interpretations of decreasing and increasing complexity. This paper evaluates both views, showing that available evidence is most consistent with the interpretation of social collapse at the Middle to Late Woodland transition.

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Fish, Fires, and Foresight: Middle Woodland Economic Adaptations in the Abbott Farm National Landmark

North American Archaeologist ◽

10.2190/qweb-rq9v-dq1g-y37k ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 111-138 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

John A. Cavallo

Keyword(s):

New Jersey ◽

Raw Material ◽

Anadromous Fish ◽

Middle Woodland ◽

Cultural Resource ◽

Economic Adaptation ◽

Processing And Storage ◽

And Storage ◽

Regional Redistribution

The “Abbott Farm site,” now known as the Abbott Farm National Landmark, is known for its unique and abundant artifact assemblages from presumed Middle Woodland contexts. Several researchers attributed the presence of large quantities of argillite raw material, argillite and chert blades and blade caches, cut and uncut mica, and aberrant zone-decorated ceramics to either Hopewellian manifestations or to the Abbott Farm's role in the regional redistribution of argillite. On the basis of a cultural resource survey conducted by Louis Berger and Associates prior to the proposed construction of I-195 and I-295 and New Jersey Routes 29 and 129, a specialized economic adaptation focused upon the intensive procurement, processing, and storage of anadromous fish, especially sturgeon, is hypothesized.

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Ritual Economy and the Organization of Scioto Hopewell Craft Production: Insights from the Outskirts of the Mound City Group

American Antiquity ◽

10.1017/aaq.2019.105 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 85 (2) ◽

pp. 279-304

Author(s):

Timothy D. Everhart ◽

Bret J. Ruby

Keyword(s):

Craft Production ◽

Small Scale ◽

Magnetic Survey ◽

Middle Woodland ◽

The North ◽

Large Structures ◽

Production Site ◽

Production And Consumption ◽

Ritual Economy ◽

City Group

This article offers insights into the organization of Scioto Hopewell craft production and examines the implications of this organization through the lens of ritual economy. We present a novel analysis of investigations at the North 40 site, concluding that it is a craft production site located on the outskirts of the renowned Mound City Group. High-resolution landscape-scale magnetic survey revealed a cluster of three large structures and two rows of associated pits; one of the buildings and three of the pits were sampled in excavations. Evidence from the North 40 site marks this as the best-documented Scioto Hopewell craft production site. Mica, chert, and copper were crafted here in contexts organized outside the realm of domestic household production and consumption. Other material remains from the site suggest that crafting was specialized and embedded in ceremonial contexts. This analysis of the complex organization of Scioto Hopewell craft production provides grounds for further understanding the elaborate ceremonialism practiced by Middle Woodland (AD 1–400) societies and adds to the known complexity of craft production in small-scale societies. Furthermore, this article contributes to a growing body of literature demonstrating the utility of ritual economy as a framework for approaching the sociality of small-scale societies.

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MIDDLE WOODLAND POTTERY TYPOLOGY FROM SOUTHWEST IOWA

Plains Anthropologist ◽

10.1080/2052546.1978.11908871 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 23 (81) ◽

pp. 169-182 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Joseph A. Tiffany

Keyword(s):

Middle Woodland

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Early and Middle Woodland Earthwork Enclosures in Iowa

North American Archaeologist ◽

10.2190/na.31.1.b ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 27-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

William E. Whittaker ◽

William Green

Keyword(s):

Middle Woodland

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Identifying the Mineralogy of Rock Temper in Ceramics Using X-Radiography

American Antiquity ◽

10.2307/282055 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 60 (4) ◽

pp. 723-749 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Christopher Carr ◽

Jean-Christophe Komorowski

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Specific Gravity ◽

Atomic Number ◽

Low Cost ◽

Gray Level ◽

Middle Woodland ◽

Scattered Electron ◽

Thin Sectioning ◽

Internal Texture

Industrial and medical x-radiography can be used in a manner analogous to back-scattered electron microscopy to identify the approximate mineralogy of rock temper particles in ceramics, but without their destruction by thin-sectioning, and at low cost. Particle traits similar to those used in petrography to identify a mineral are visible in a magnified x-radiograph. The traits include particle x-radiographic gray level, which varies with a particle’s mean atomic number, specific gravity, and mineralogy; size; morphology; cleavage; and internal texture. Blind tests are made to evaluate the specificity and accuracy of the method. Its utility is shown through a study of the exchange of Ohio Middle Woodland ceramics.

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