Trempealeau’s Little Bluff: An Early Cahokian Terraformed Landmark in the Upper Mississippi Valley
| Autor: | Timothy R. Pauketat, Robert F. Boszhardt, Michael F. Kolb |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology geography geography.geographical_feature_category Landmark 060102 archaeology Excavation 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Archaeology Archaeoastronomy Ridge Bluff 0601 history and archaeology Landscape archaeology Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology. 42:168-199 |
| ISSN: | 2327-4271 0146-1109 |
| Popis: | Archaeological and geomorphological investigations of Little Bluff (47Tr32), in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, reveal how and, possibly, why this loess-capped sandstone ridge spur was anthropogenically altered in the mid-eleventh century A.D. Project excavation units and trenches dug in 2010–2011 revealed the timing, rate of completion, structure, symmetry, and orientation of the construction. In addition to delineating construction details and associated archaeological features, our research suggests that Cahokians, by sculpting and rebuilding this ridge spur, were actively positioning themselves vis-a-vis the wider Mississippi Valley landscape, if not the cosmos generally. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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