Transitions: Archaic and Early Woodland Research in the Ohio Country
edited by Martha P. Otto and Brian G. Redmond
Ohio University Press, 2008 Paper: 978-0-8214-1797-3 | eISBN: 978-0-8214-4296-8 | Cloth: 978-0-8214-1796-6 Library of Congress Classification E78.O3T73 2008 Dewey Decimal Classification 977.10497
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The late archaic and early woodland peoples lived in the Ohio region between 5,000 and 2,000 years ago. This was a time of transition, when hunters and gatherers began to grow native seed crops, establish more permanent settlements, and develop complex forms of ritual and ceremonialism, sometimes involving burial mound construction.
The focused archaeological studies described in Transitions: Archaic and Early Woodland Research in the Ohio Country shed light on this important episode in human cultural development. The authors describe important archaeological sites such as the rich Late Archaic settlements of southwestern Ohio and the early Adena Dominion Land Company enclosure in Franklin County. They present detailed accounts of Native American behavior, such as the use of smoking pipes by Adena societies and a reconstruction of mound use and ritual.
Transitions is the result of a comprehensive, long-term study focusing on particular areas of Ohio with the most up-to-date and detailed treatment of Ohio’s native cultures during this important time of change. This book will be of great value to students and other readers who wish to go beyond the general and often dated treatments of Ohio archaeology currently available.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Martha P. Otto is Curator of Archaeology at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus. She is the author of Ohio’s Prehistoric Peoples.
Brian G. Redmond is John Otis Hower Chair and Curator of Archaeology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
REVIEWS
“There is a lot to like about this book. It is well edited and the editors chose contributions that were appropriate.… The book is well-illustrated; the photos are of good quality.…”
— Northwest Ohio History
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER i: Archaic Manifestations in Southwestern Ohio and Vicinity
Kent D. Vickery
CHAPTER 2: Cultural Resource Management and the Analysis of Land
Use Patterns of the Archaic in North-Central Ohio
Craig S. Keener, Kolleen Butterworth, and Crystal L. Reustle 29
CHAPTER 3: Down by the River: Late Archaic through Terminal
Archaic Dynamics at the Davisson Farm Site (33LE619),
Lawrence County, Ohio
Matthew P. Purtill 41
CHAPTER 4: Early Woodland Prehistory (1ooo-1 BC) in the Western
Lake Erie Drainage Basin
David M. Stothers and Timothy J. Abel 79
CHAPTER 5: Three Early Woodland Occupation Loci in the Chartiers Creek
Drainage, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
James A. Robertson, Douglas C. Kellogg, and Robert G. Kingsley 117
CHAPTER 6: The Early Woodland Component at 33RO583, a
Multicomponent Site in Jefferson Township, Ross County, Ohio:
Preliminary Results
Anne B. Lee, Andrew R. Sewell, M. Brooke Thompson, Steve Martin,
and Tommy Y Ng 143
CHAPTER 7: Early Woodland Ceremonialism in Context: Results of LCALS
Research at the Munson Springs Site (33LI251)
Paul J. Pacheco and Jarrod Burks 159
CHAPTER 8: Upland Settlement in the Adena Heartland: Preliminary
Evidence and Interpretations from Two Early Woodland
Nonmortuary Habitations in Perry County, Ohio
John F. Schweikart 183
CHAPTER 9: Political Complexity and Mound Construction among the
Early and Late Adena of the Hocking Valley, Ohio
Elliot M. Abrams and Mary F. Le Rouge 214
CHAPTER 1o: Observations on the Early Woodland Cultural Landscape
in the Central Muskingum Valley of Eastern Ohio
Jeff Carskadden 232
CHAPTER 11: Smoking Pipes and Early Woodland Mortuary Ritual:
Tubular Pipes in Relation to Adena
Sean M. Rafferty 271
CHAPTER 12: The Dominion Land Company Site: An Early Adena
Mortuary Manifestation in Franklin County, Ohio
Ann C. Cramer 284
CHAPTER 13: The Adena Complex: Identity and Context in East-Central
Indiana
Beth K. McCord and Donald R. Cochran 334
Transitions: Archaic and Early Woodland Research in the Ohio Country
edited by Martha P. Otto and Brian G. Redmond
Ohio University Press, 2008 Paper: 978-0-8214-1797-3 eISBN: 978-0-8214-4296-8 Cloth: 978-0-8214-1796-6
The late archaic and early woodland peoples lived in the Ohio region between 5,000 and 2,000 years ago. This was a time of transition, when hunters and gatherers began to grow native seed crops, establish more permanent settlements, and develop complex forms of ritual and ceremonialism, sometimes involving burial mound construction.
The focused archaeological studies described in Transitions: Archaic and Early Woodland Research in the Ohio Country shed light on this important episode in human cultural development. The authors describe important archaeological sites such as the rich Late Archaic settlements of southwestern Ohio and the early Adena Dominion Land Company enclosure in Franklin County. They present detailed accounts of Native American behavior, such as the use of smoking pipes by Adena societies and a reconstruction of mound use and ritual.
Transitions is the result of a comprehensive, long-term study focusing on particular areas of Ohio with the most up-to-date and detailed treatment of Ohio’s native cultures during this important time of change. This book will be of great value to students and other readers who wish to go beyond the general and often dated treatments of Ohio archaeology currently available.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Martha P. Otto is Curator of Archaeology at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus. She is the author of Ohio’s Prehistoric Peoples.
Brian G. Redmond is John Otis Hower Chair and Curator of Archaeology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
REVIEWS
“There is a lot to like about this book. It is well edited and the editors chose contributions that were appropriate.… The book is well-illustrated; the photos are of good quality.…”
— Northwest Ohio History
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER i: Archaic Manifestations in Southwestern Ohio and Vicinity
Kent D. Vickery
CHAPTER 2: Cultural Resource Management and the Analysis of Land
Use Patterns of the Archaic in North-Central Ohio
Craig S. Keener, Kolleen Butterworth, and Crystal L. Reustle 29
CHAPTER 3: Down by the River: Late Archaic through Terminal
Archaic Dynamics at the Davisson Farm Site (33LE619),
Lawrence County, Ohio
Matthew P. Purtill 41
CHAPTER 4: Early Woodland Prehistory (1ooo-1 BC) in the Western
Lake Erie Drainage Basin
David M. Stothers and Timothy J. Abel 79
CHAPTER 5: Three Early Woodland Occupation Loci in the Chartiers Creek
Drainage, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
James A. Robertson, Douglas C. Kellogg, and Robert G. Kingsley 117
CHAPTER 6: The Early Woodland Component at 33RO583, a
Multicomponent Site in Jefferson Township, Ross County, Ohio:
Preliminary Results
Anne B. Lee, Andrew R. Sewell, M. Brooke Thompson, Steve Martin,
and Tommy Y Ng 143
CHAPTER 7: Early Woodland Ceremonialism in Context: Results of LCALS
Research at the Munson Springs Site (33LI251)
Paul J. Pacheco and Jarrod Burks 159
CHAPTER 8: Upland Settlement in the Adena Heartland: Preliminary
Evidence and Interpretations from Two Early Woodland
Nonmortuary Habitations in Perry County, Ohio
John F. Schweikart 183
CHAPTER 9: Political Complexity and Mound Construction among the
Early and Late Adena of the Hocking Valley, Ohio
Elliot M. Abrams and Mary F. Le Rouge 214
CHAPTER 1o: Observations on the Early Woodland Cultural Landscape
in the Central Muskingum Valley of Eastern Ohio
Jeff Carskadden 232
CHAPTER 11: Smoking Pipes and Early Woodland Mortuary Ritual:
Tubular Pipes in Relation to Adena
Sean M. Rafferty 271
CHAPTER 12: The Dominion Land Company Site: An Early Adena
Mortuary Manifestation in Franklin County, Ohio
Ann C. Cramer 284
CHAPTER 13: The Adena Complex: Identity and Context in East-Central
Indiana
Beth K. McCord and Donald R. Cochran 334
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC