
Stone Tools and Mobility in the Illinois Valley
From Hunter-Gatherer Camps to Agricultural Villages
George H. Odell(Author)
International Monographs in Prehistory (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 1996
Book
Hardback
418 pages
978-1-879621-23-7 (ISBN)
Description
A detailed comparative analysis of standardized lithic data from 10 Illinois Valley components spanning 7500 years from the Early Archaic through the Mississippian is presented in this volume-perhaps the first time that such a comprehensive set of lithic variables has been analyzed for the entire Holocene of a region. A major part of this study constitutes the most extensive application of low-power lithic use-wear analysis to be found in the literature, accompanied by full discussion of the technique and a suite of new experimental data. The results provide significant information on prehistoric mobility and technological organization in mid-continental North America, revealing clearly for the first time a number of significant behavioral trends.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Library binding
Illustrations
Bibliography; Index; Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1293 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-879621-23-7 (9781879621237)
DOI
10.3167/9781879621237
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Person
George H. Odell was Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tulsa. His books include Lithic Analysis (Springer, 2004), and La Harpe's Post (University Alabama Press, 2002).
Content
Contents: 1. The Lower Illinois Valley; 2. Questions and Models; 3. Methods of Analysis: Procurement, Manufacture, and Form; 4. Methods of Analysis: Function; 5. Campbell Hollow: The Early-Middle Archaic Transition; 6. Napoleon Hollow: Middle-Late Archaic Contrasts; 7. Elizabeth: Blufftop Mounds and a Middle Archaic Camp; 8. Napoleon Hollow: Two Middle Woodland Mortuary Loci; 9. Smiling Dan: A Middle Woodland Base Camp; 10. Hill Creek: A Mississippian Farmstead with Structures; 11. Generic Assemblage Comparisons; 12. Systemic Questions; 13. Conclusions; Appendix