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Author Mueller, Natalie G

Title Mound centers and seed security : a comparative analysis of botanical assemblages from middle woodland sites in the lower Illinois Valley / Natalie G. Mueller
Published New York : Springer, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series SpringerBriefs in plant science
SpringerBriefs in plant science.
Contents What Is Hopewell?: The Lower Illinois Valley in a Regional Context -- Middle Woodland Subsistence and Settlement -- in the Lower Illinois Valley -- The Eastern Agricultural Complex -- Settlement Structure and Site Function -- Plant Use at Mound House -- Previous Investigations -- Methods -- Results -- Comparative Analysis -- Non-mound Habitation Sites -- Other Mound Centers -- Conclusions: Mounds and Seed Exchange
Summary At Middle Woodland sites in the eastern United States, excavations have uncovered naturalistic art worked on exotic materials from points as distant Wyoming, Ontario, and the Gulf Coast, revealing a network of ritual exchange referred to as the Hopewell phenomenon. Simultaneously, Middle Woodland societies developed the earliest agricultural system in eastern North American using now-extinct native cultivars. Mound Centers and Seed Security: A Comparative Analysis of Botanical Assemblages from Middle Woodland Sites in the Lower Illinois Valley integrates an interpretation of these two historic
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 13, 2012)
In Springer eBooks
Subject Hopewell culture -- Agriculture -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley
Woodland culture -- Agriculture -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley
Agriculture -- Technology transfer -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley
Agriculture, Prehistoric -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley
Plant remains (Archaeology) -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley
Paleoethnobotany -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley
Anthropology -- history
Agriculture -- history
Ethnobotany -- history
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Agriculture, Prehistoric
Agriculture -- Technology transfer
Paleoethnobotany
Plant remains (Archaeology)
SUBJECT Mound House Site (Ill.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97009065
Illinois River Valley
Illinois
Illonois River Valley
Subject Illinois -- Illinois River Valley
Illinois -- Mound House Site
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781461459217
1461459214
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9781461459200
1283908824
9781283908825