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Hopewell Resource Collection: A Paleoethnobotanical Perspective of Twin Mounds

Lane, Brian G.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1248534276

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2009, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Anthropology.
In the past five decades, studies of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere have focused on long distance resource procurement as exemplified by artifacts made from obsidian, copper, silver, and marine shells. The Hopewell Interaction Sphere includes broad expanses of eastern North America and the Great Plains and dates approximately from 2100 years B.P. to 1500 years B.P. In recent years, two interpretative extremes in assessing resource selection have arisen: (1) exotic materials dominate Hopewell artifact assemblages, or (2) most of the artifact assemblages evaluated is local in origin. A close examination of distinctive Hopewell artifacts recovered from the Twin Mounds site that dates to 2030 ± 40 B.P. reveals that most of this ancient material was obtained locally. Plant fibers used to create two Hopewell textiles were identified as Asclepias incarnata and Eryngium yuccifolium. Palynological data from the region was reviewed to determine local availability of these plants and the results suggest that the local environment was suitable for their growth and procurement.
Kenneth B. Tankersley, PhD (Committee Chair)
Vernon L. Scarborough, PhD (Committee Member)
David L. Lentz, PhD (Committee Member)
74 p.
Archaeology
Hopewell; Paleoethnobotany; Exchange systems; Archaeology;

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  • Lane, B. G. (2009). Hopewell Resource Collection: A Paleoethnobotanical Perspective of Twin Mounds [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1248534276

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lane, Brian. Hopewell Resource Collection: A Paleoethnobotanical Perspective of Twin Mounds. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1248534276.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lane, Brian. "Hopewell Resource Collection: A Paleoethnobotanical Perspective of Twin Mounds." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1248534276

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