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Spatial Relationships of Sacred and Secular Spaces of the Hopewell and Adena People, Muskingum River Valley, Ohio

Klein, Sabrina J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1431086236

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2015, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Geography (Arts and Sciences).
The Muskingum drainage basin is of particular interest because of the application of new technology, the expansion on settlement work, and the lack of GIS software applied to spatial analyzation of settlement pattern in the context of terrain pertaining to pre-Adenan, Adena, and Hopewell sacred and secular settlements. Geomorphic and environmental conditions that previous literature has associated with mounds and earthworks are floodplains, proximity to water, and hinterlands. Earthworks are mounds or embankments of earth created by human agency and are anthropogenic spaces. Spatial analysis of anthropogenic space within archaeology has a category of millimeters for intrasite to kilometers for intersite analysis. This study applies data from OAI forms using a GIS database for intersite spatial analysis. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the existence and nature of relationships between the terrain and anthropogenic landscape in the Muskingum River basin between the Archaic period, ending near 1000 B.C.E. and the Woodland period, which peaked at approximately 350 C.E. It also seeks to determine if any temporal trends exist in the terrain settings of site types of each culture or over the cultural periods.
Dorothy Sack, PhD (Advisor)
Elliot Abrams, PhD (Committee Member)
Timothy Anderson, PhD (Committee Member)
Harold Perkins, PhD (Committee Member)
167 p.
Archaeology; Geography
Hopewell; Adena; Muskingum Archaeology; Ohio Archaeology; GIS and Archaeology; Least Cost Path Analysis and Archaeology

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  • Klein, S. J. (2015). Spatial Relationships of Sacred and Secular Spaces of the Hopewell and Adena People, Muskingum River Valley, Ohio [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1431086236

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Klein, Sabrina. Spatial Relationships of Sacred and Secular Spaces of the Hopewell and Adena People, Muskingum River Valley, Ohio . 2015. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1431086236.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Klein, Sabrina. "Spatial Relationships of Sacred and Secular Spaces of the Hopewell and Adena People, Muskingum River Valley, Ohio ." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1431086236

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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