Mound centers and seed security : a comparative analysis of botanical assemblages from middle woodland sites in the lower Illinois Valley /

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Author / Creator:	Mueller, Natalie G.
Imprint:	New York : Springer, c2013
Description:	1 online resource : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	SpringerBriefs in plant science SpringerBriefs in Plant Science.
Subject:	Ethnobotany -- history -- Illinois -- Illonois River Valley. Anthropology -- history -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley. Agriculture -- history -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley. Hopewell culture -- Agriculture -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley. Woodland culture -- Agriculture -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley. Agriculture -- Technology transfer -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley. Agriculture, Prehistoric -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley. Plant remains (Archaeology) -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley. Paleoethnobotany -- Illinois -- Illinois River Valley. Agriculture, Prehistoric. Agriculture -- Technology transfer. Paleoethnobotany. Plant remains (Archaeology) Mound House Site (Ill.) Illinois -- Illinois River Valley. Illinois -- Mound House Site. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9848874

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ISBN:	9781461459217 (electronic bk.) 1461459214 (electronic bk.) 9781461459200
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Dec. 13, 2012).
Summary:	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 societies developed the earliest agricultural system in eastern North American using now-extinct native cultivars. Mound Centers and Seed Security: A Comparative Analysis of Botanical Assemblages from Middle Woodland Sites in the Lower Illinois Valley integrates an interpretation of these two historic.

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