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

1983 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-161 ◽  
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.

Subsistence Ecology of Scovill, a Terminal Middle Woodland Village

1971 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick J. Munson ◽  
Paul W. Parmalee ◽  
Richard A. Yarnell
Keyword(s):  
Middle Woodland ◽  
West Central ◽  
Central Illinois ◽  
Food Potential ◽  
Subsistence Ecology

AbstractScovill is a Weaver focus site in west-central Illinois. Various techniques were employed to extract maximal amounts and kinds of food remains from the site, and these remains, identified and quantified, are then compared with the estimated food potential from the 10 mi2 area surrounding the site in an attempt to determine both the ecology and the subsistence pattern of the inhabitants. Certain hypotheses concerning the overall settlement-subsistence system of the Weaver focus are presented, and problems involved in the recovery, differential preservation, and quantification of archaeological food remains from open sites are discussed.

Fertility in the Prehistoric Midwest: A Critique of Unifactorial Models

1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 614-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas D. Holland
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Late Woodland ◽  
Principal Factor ◽  
Prime Mover ◽  
Early Weaning ◽  
West Central ◽  
Central Illinois

Cultivation of starchy seeds must be recognized as a complex of variables upon which selection operates and of which population growth is the inherent measure of success. Early weaning through the use of starchy-seed gruels, though recently proposed as the principal factor in the increase of fertility, is insufficient as a prime mover for population growth in west-central Illinois during the Middle and Late Woodland periods.

scholarly journals Tuberculosis in the New World: a study of ribs from the Schild Mississippian population, West-Central Illinois

2006 ◽  
Vol 101 (suppl 2) ◽  
pp. 25-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Raff ◽  
Della Collins Cook ◽  
Frederika Kaestle
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
West Central ◽  
Central Illinois
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