Coring Archaeological Sites

1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie K. Stein
Keyword(s):  
Mississippi River ◽  
River Sediments ◽  
Radiometric Dating ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
New Device ◽  
Culture History ◽  
Lower Mississippi River ◽  
History Of ◽  
River Deposits ◽  
Relationship Of

The history of coring and augering at archaeological sites is traced to two periods in the twentieth century. In the first period, Period I (1935-1955), the technique was used primarily to correlate archaeological deposits with river sediments for dating purposes. Rarely were the deposits containing artifacts cored or augered; rather the stratigraphic relationship of cultural to non-cultural deposits was sought. Most of this work was done in the Lower Mississippi River Delta where geologists had calculated absolute dates for river deposits. This period seems to have ended with the availability of radiometric dating and was followed by Period II (1964-present). After 1964 there is a renewed interest in coring and augering, mostly following a shift in archaeological research interests from culture history toward ecological questions. This shift coincides with the availability of a new device: a mechanical corer. During Period II, coring is utilized in many different projects, including reconstructing the environment surrounding sites, collection of samples from subsurface deposits, and locating buried archaeological sites. Following the discussion of the history of coring and augering, a description of equipment, techniques, and data potential is presented.

Megascopic and Petrographic Analyses of a Foreign Pottery Vessel from the Cahokia Site

1965 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles J. Bareis ◽  
James Warren Porter
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mississippi River ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Petrographic Analysis ◽  
Mississippi River Valley ◽  
Petrographic Analyses ◽  
Lower Mississippi River ◽  
Lower Mississippi River Valley

AbstractA decorated pottery vessel excavated at the Cahokia site in southwestern Illinois is believed to be a specimen from the southeastern United States. A megascopic and a petrographic analysis are presented to confirm a southern origin. The megascopic analysis suggests that the vessel is of Caddoan derivation. The petrographic analysis demonstrates that the paste of the vessel is not indigenous to the American Bottoms and suggests the use of weathered Tertiary shale deposits from the lower Mississippi River Valley. Both analytical procedures are required in order to assess adequately the sources of origin for suspected foreign pottery specimens in archaeological sites.

scholarly journals A materialidade de uma cultura imaterial: aspectos da cultura material da Capoeira no Rio de Janeiro no século XIX

Horizontes ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Martins Porto Lussac
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Play Fighting ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Culture History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Determining Factor

ResumoA História da Educação cada vez mais debruça seu olhar sobre práticas não escolares da educação, entendendo que esta é realizada dentro de um mosaico de interações sociais. Compreender as utilidades e os significados dos aspectos materiais envolvidos na transmissão de práticas culturais é um fator fundamental e determinante para se conhecer os processos educativos envolvidos em qualquer fenômeno sociocultural em que habite uma relação de ensino-aprendizagem. Este artigo objetivou investigar a cultura material do patrimônio cultural imaterial que é a Capoeira, e seus processos pedagógicos no Rio de Janeiro no século XIX. Este estudo ilumina parcialmente acomplexa relação dos sujeitos que desenvolveram o modo de fazer a Capoeira – cultura imaterial – com os objetos, materiais e ambientes que compuseram a cultura material do jogo-luta, e suas respectivas simbologias, bem como o seu modo de transmissão e aprendizagem no período estudado.Palavras-chave: Capoeira; Cultura Material; História. The materiality of an immaterial culture: aspects of material culture of Capoeira in Rio de Janeiro in the nineteenth centuryAbstractThe history of education increasingly focuses on non-school education practices, understanding that this is done within a mosaic of social interactions. Understanding the uses and meanings of the material aspects involved in the transmission of cultural practices is an essential and determining factor to know the educational processes involved in any sociocultural phenomenon that inhabits a relationship of teaching and learning. This article aimed to investigate the material culture of the intangible cultural heritage that is Capoeira, and its pedagogical processes in Rio de Janeiro in the nineteenth century. This study partially illuminates the complex relationship of individuals who developed the way of doing Capoeira - immaterial culture - with objects, materials and environments that formed the material culture of the play-fighting, its symbols, and its mode of transmission and learning during the studied time.Keywords: Capoeira; Material Culture; History. 

The Quantitative Investigation of Aboriginal Sites: Comparative Physical and Chemical Analysis of Two California Indian Mounds

1947 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. F. Cook ◽  
A. E. Treganza
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Status ◽  
Quantitative Character ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Quantitative Investigation ◽  
Culture History ◽  
Shell Mounds ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
History Of ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
Supply Information

The investigation of archaeological sites in North America has in the past concerned itself predominantly with the discovery and examination of burials and artifacts and associated fauna. This purely qualitative approach has been essential to the elucidation of problems in the culture history of aboriginal man. At the same time, except in such cases where obvious stratigraphy displays itself, few efforts have been directed toward the analysis of the matrix itself, the deposits in which the more spectacular bones, pottery, and implements of war are embedded. Nevertheless, it is wholly possible that accumulations of debris, such as habitation mounds or midden deposits, may be able to supply information of a quantitative character which will throw light upon the population, living conditions, and ecological status of the former inhabitants. A recent study1 based upon older excavations of California shell mounds has indicated the type of information which might be obtained. The present paper explores certain aspects of the methodology applicable to the general problem.

Balbancha

Jockomo ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 27-52
Author(s):  
Shane Lief ◽  
John McCusker
Keyword(s):  
Native Americans ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Mississippi River ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Mardi Gras ◽  
Native Populations ◽  
Lower Mississippi River ◽  
History Of

This chapter begins with a sketch of the pre-colonial history of the lower Mississippi River Valley, leading to a discussion of various Native populations and patterns of social life which have been neglected in the historiography of the region. Throughout the colonial period, the depth of social interaction among Native Americans, European colonists, and African Americans is revealed by their participation in musical events and spiritual practices. The complex history of peace pipe ceremonies is explored, including an analysis of how these have impacted regional musical styles, ultimately shaping the music of Mardi Gras Indians. The blended legacies of local populations are illustrated by the persistent multilingualism of New Orleans and its environs. The Native origins of Mardi Gras Indians are also evident in the etymology of “Jockomo” itself, showing how ancient regional traditions have been sustained and nurtured within the cultural practices of Mardi Gras Indians.

scholarly journals Uma memória histórica da pesquisa arqueológica no Brasil (1981-2007)

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Roosevelt
Keyword(s):  
Human Ecology ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Field Research ◽  
South American ◽  
Culture History ◽  
University Professor ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Issues

This memoir gives a history of my archaeological research in Brazil and especially the theoretical issues, empirical interests, collaborations, and events that motivated it. I begin with my early course and field experiences as a student, my work as a museum curator and university professor, my research in literature, archives, and collections, and my early collaborations and interactions with other students and with scholars. Then I trace the relationship of my Venezuelan Orinoco dissertation work to my interest in the Amazon, and explain how that led subsequently to my field research in Brazil. I then summarize the work at the four regional foci of the project in the Lower Amazon of Brazil and point to what might be the theoretical implications of the results in light of the results of work by other scholars. I conclude with an explanation of how the Brazilian research relates to my preliminary research in Central Africa and conclude with the implications of the South American and African research for changing concepts of human evolution, human ecology, and culture history.

The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 146-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Scleractinian Corals ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Early Triassic ◽  
Rugose Corals ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

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