Journal article
Spatial analysis of small scale debris from a late Prehistoric site in the Lower Missouri Valley, Kansas
Journal of field archaeology, Vol.27(3), pp.241-256
2000
DOI: 10.1179/jfa.2000.27.3.241
Abstract
Late Prehistoric habitation structures in the Great Plains of North America are frequently recognized from postmold patterns and associated features, such as hearths and storage pits. At sites that lack such indicators, some archaeologists have either failed to discern domestic structures or have mistakenly attributed them to other, non-habitation functions. In the absence of more conventional house remains, the spatial analysis of small scale debris, including daub, charcoal, and burned bone, in conjunction with piece-plotted lithic and ceramic artifacts, can identify the remains of houses as well as external, domestic features. Such analysis enhances our understanding of past settlement patterns of seasonally mobile agriculturalists, as seen at the Steed-Kisker phase component at the DB site (14LV1071), a late prehistoric upland occupation of the Lower Missouri Valley at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. © 2000, Maney Publishing.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Spatial analysis of small scale debris from a late Prehistoric site in the Lower Missouri Valley, Kansas
- Creators
- Brad Logan - University of KansasMatthew E Hill - Phoenix
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of field archaeology, Vol.27(3), pp.241-256
- Publisher
- Boston University
- DOI
- 10.1179/jfa.2000.27.3.241
- ISSN
- 0093-4690
- eISSN
- 2042-4582
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2000
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology
- Record Identifier
- 9984269245002771
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