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

• Main Author: Mueller, Natalie G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Plant Science,
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.