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Household Economy at Wall Ridge : A Fourteenth-Century Central Plains Farmstead in the Missouri Valley
Title
Household Economy at Wall Ridge : A Fourteenth-Century Central Plains Farmstead in the Missouri Valley / edited by Stephen C. Lensink, Joseph A. Tiffany and Shirley J. Schermer.
ISBN
9781607817741
9781607817734
Publication
Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2020]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource (267 pages).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
"The Wall Ridge site was discovered in 1983 during an archaeological survey for a road project in Mills County, Iowa"--Chapter 2, Site context.
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Summary
"Household Economy at Wall Ridge tells the story of a Native American household that occupied a lodge on the eastern Plains border during the early 1300s AD. Contributors use cutting-edge methods and the site's unparalleled archaeological record to shed light on the daily technological, subsistence, and dietary aspects of the occupants' lives. This work represents the first comprehensive study of a prehistoric Central Plains household in over half a century"-- Provided by publisher.
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Project MUSE books annual backfile collection 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 13, 2023
Contents
Introduction / by Joseph A. Tiffany, Stephen C. Lensink, and Shirley J. Schermer
Site context / by Shirley J. Schermer, Joseph A. Tiffany, and Stephen C. Lensink
Project overview and methods / by Shirley J. Schermer, Joseph A. Tiffany, and Stephen C. Lensink
Excavation results / by Stephen C. Lensink, Shirley J. Schermer, and Joseph A. Tiffany
Radiocarbon dating of the Wall Ridge site / by Stephen C. Lensink
Ceramics / by Joseph A. Tiffany
Lithics / by Toby A. Morrow and Michael J. Perry
Pipes / by Joseph A. Tiffany
Bone and shell tools / by Joseph A. Tiffany and James L. Theler
Botanical remains / by William Green
Zoological remains / by James L. Theler
Lodge life history / by Stephen C. Lensink and Joseph A. Tiffany
Lodge housekeeping / by Stephen C. Lensink, Joseph A. Tiffany, and Michael J. Perry
Interpretations and summary / by Joseph A. Tiffany, Stephen C. Lensink, James L. Theler, William Green, and Shirley J. Schermer.
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History.
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