Mound Centers and Seed Security A Comparative Analysis of Botanical Assemblages from Middle Woodland Sites in the Lower Illinois Valley /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Mueller, Natalie G. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Plant Science,
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Archaeology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Plant Ecology.

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 so...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• What is Hopewell?: The Lower Illinois Valley in a Regional Context
• Middle Woodland Subsistence and Settlement in the Lower Illinois Valley
• Plant Use at Mound House
• Comparative Analysis
• Conclusions: Mounds and Seed Exchange.