Bison Hides in Late Prehistoric Exchange in the Southern Plains

1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darrell Creel
Keyword(s):  
Late Prehistoric ◽  
Early Historic Period ◽  
Historic Period ◽  
Southern Plains ◽  
Exchange Networks ◽  
Spanish Explorers ◽  
Early Historic

Widespread exchange networks operative in the early historic period in the southern Plains and adjacent areas were documented by early Spanish explorers. Among the more important trade items they noted were bison hides, including robes. It is suggested here that the occurrence of beveled knives and endscrapers in assemblages dating after about A.D. 1300 reflects the importance of bison hides in late prehistoric exchange. Both of these chippedstone tools probably were used in acquiring and processing the hides of bison. The importance of bison hides continued into the historic period when they were documented items of exchange in southern Plains and adjacent areas.

Check-Stamped Pottery on the Northern and Central Great Plains

1963 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Neuman
Keyword(s):  
North Dakota ◽  
Great Plains ◽  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Late Prehistoric ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Early Historic Period ◽  
Historic Period ◽  
Early Historic

AbstractCheck-stamped potsherds have been found at 50 sites on the Plains, and a check-stamped paddle of bone is reported from one site. These sites are found in a large area that extends from central Kansas northward into Saskatchewan and from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains to eastern North Dakota. The sites have been attributed by various writers to the Blackfoot, Crow, Hidatsa, Cree, Mandan, Pawnee, Ponca, Wichita, and Kansa. In most of these sites the check-stamped potsherds have a low frequency, and only at a few Hidatsa and Mandan sites do they predominate. As all check-stamped pottery from this area is assignable to the period of A.D. 1500 to 1845, check-stamped specimens may be used as diagnostic artifacts for the late prehistoric and early historic period.

Pictish Horse Carvings

1991 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62
Author(s):  
Irene Hughson
Keyword(s):  
Class Ii ◽  
Class I ◽  
Early Historic Period ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Historic Period ◽  
Agricultural Economy ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Early Historic

Summary This paper examines the horse carvings to be found on Class I and Class II Pictish sculptured stones and considers their reliability as evidence of the sort of horses and ponies that would have existed in the Early Historic Period. An attempt is made to show that the availability in Britain of good sized, high quality riding horses during that period is not inconsistent with what is known of the development and distribution of different types of horses in pre-hislory. The importance of horses and ponies in Early Historic societies is stressed and inferences drawn about the agricultural economy that could support horses and the skilled specialists required to look after them.

Excavation of an Early Historic Palisaded Enclosure at Titwood, Mearnskirk, East Renfrewshire

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Johnson ◽  
Alastair Rees ◽  
Ian Ralston ◽  
T. Ballin ◽  
M. Cressey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Historic Period ◽  
Historic Period ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Early Historic

Summary A palisaded enclosure and associated features were excavated by CFA Archaeology Ltd (CFA) in advance of the construction of the proposed Glasgow Southern Orbital Road. Radiocarbon dates indicate that the palisade and at least some of the internal features date to the Early Historic period, between the 8th and 10th centuries cal. AD. The Titwood palisade is currently the only site of this date to have been excavated in western mainland Scotland, as well as being one of the few known Early Historic palisaded sites in Scotland. Evidence of Neolithic activity on the site was also established. The work was commissioned by ASH Consulting Group on behalf of East Renfrewshire Council.

Late Prehistoric and Early Historic Exchange Patterns in the Phimai Region, Thailand

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Welch
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Late Prehistoric ◽  
Adaptive Responses ◽  
Northeast Thailand ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Exchange Networks ◽  
Exchange Patterns ◽  
Early Historic

Based on archaeological evidence from the Phimai region and elsewhere in Northeast Thailand, late prehistoric exchange patterns, focused on local and regional centres of redistribution and perhaps markets, formed the foundation of the Khmer temple and market centred economy. Early regional exchange networks and the Khmer economic system into which they evolved were adaptive responses to the unpredictability of a monsoonal climate.

scholarly journals Sebelum Jalur Rempah: Awal Interaksi Niaga Lintas Batas di Maluku dalam Perspektif Arkeologi

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Marlon NR Ririmasse
Keyword(s):  
Formation Process ◽  
Early Historic Period ◽  
Historic Period ◽  
Western Asia ◽  
History Of ◽  
Spice Trade ◽  
Archaeological Perspective ◽  
Early Historic

Spice Route has become one of the main issues in the cultural historical studies of Indonesia recently. The discussion is still attached to effort to understand the existence of spice route as the part of the extensive trade system that have been initiated by the history of contact and interaction with the traveler from Western Asia; China; and the European explorers. There were almost no discussion that tried to explore the nature of the spice route prior to the contact with the Mainland Asia and the European. Including in the Maluku Archipleago. This paper discuss the formation process of the spice trade system in the prehistoric period and early historic period in Maluku from the archaeological perspective. The approach that has been adopted in this research is bibliographical studies. This paper found that the trade system and exchange in Maluku has been initiated since the prehistoric period as has been highlighted by the arcaheological studies in the region. Jalur rempah kembali menjadi salah satu isu yang mengemuka dalam diskusi sejarah budaya Nusantara setahun terakhir. Dimana wacana yang mengemuka umumnya masih mengamati keberadaan jalur rempah sebagai jejaring yang dibentuk oleh sejarah kontak dan interaksi dengan para penjelajah dari Asia Barat; Tiongkok dan terutama para pendatang Eropa. Hampir tak ada diskusi yang mencoba mengamati kemungkinan tumbuh kembang jalur niaga ini di era yang jauh lebih awal. Termasuk di Kepulauan Maluku. Makalah ini mencoba mengamati proses pembentukan jaringan niaga dan perdagangan rempah serta aneka komoditi eksotik di masa prasejarah dan awal sejarah di Kepulauan Maluku dari sudut pandang studi arkeologi.  Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah kajian pustaka. Hasil kajian menemukan bahwa jaringan niaga dan pertukaran di Maluku telah dibentuk semenjak masa prasejarah sebagaimana ditunjukkan oleh ragam hasil penelitian arkeologi.

scholarly journals Cultural Diversity in the Southern Caddo Region

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Corbin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Early Historic Period ◽  
Historic Period ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Early Historic

The earliest expression of Caddo culture in the southern portion of the Southern Caddo region is well known. That Alto phase Caddo culture had any effect on coeval societies and the subsequent cultural development in the area cannot be demonstrated. What happened after ca. A.D. 1100 has been much discussed, but the realities of that subsequent cultural development are unknown. It can be argued that what followed was a part of a larger cultural phenomenon of regionalization of societies within the broader Caddoan area. Some researchers have argued that. at least in the extreme southern portion of the Caddo area, this localized regionalization reflects adaptations to changing environmental conditions. It can also be argued that the ensuing regionalization, a fact well demonstrated in the archaeological and ethnohistorical literature, may, at least in part, also be a continuation of a long standing ethnoenvironmental and macroeconomic adaptation that is as much Mossy Grove (Woodland) or even Archaic in its outlook as it is Caddo. I have suggested elsewhere a post-Alto phase phenomena of diffusion of some aspects of Caddo culture to Mossy Grove style cultures, an acculturative process that may have been still viable and ongoing in the early Historic period. The ethnographic literature suggests that southern Caddo cultural denota had expanded or was expanding beyond the traditional Hasinai linguistic area. This article addresses the first part of the discussion, the cultural variability evident in the archaeological and ethnohistoric literature and the possible sources of that diversity.

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