Archaeology of the Lower Ohio River Valley
Archaeology of the Lower Ohio River Valley

Author: Jon Muller

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1315433842

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Although it has been occupied for as long and possesses a mound-building tradition of considerable scale and interest, Muller contends that the archaeology of the lower Ohio River Valley—from the confluence with the Mississippi to the falls at Louisville, Kentucky – remains less well-known that that of the elaborate mound-building cultures of the upper valley. This study provides a synthesis of archaeological work done in the region, emphasizing population growth and adaptation within an ecological framework in an attempt to explain the area’s cultural evolution.

Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Lower Ohio River Navigation Area, Illinois and Kentucky
Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Lower Ohio River Navigation Area, Illinois and Kentucky

Author: G. Michael Watson

Publisher:

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13:

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This report details the methodology and results of an archaeological reconnaissance of the Lower Ohio River Navigation Area, Illinois and Kentucky, being considered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District. The reconnaissance resulted in the identification of 53 previously unrecorded archaeological sites and the relocation of 3 documented sites ranging from the Middle Archaic (ca. 4000 BC) to the mid-19th-early 20th centuries. Several sites were considered to be significant, and recommendations for additional work are contained within the report.

Caborn-Welborn
Caborn-Welborn

Author: David Pollack

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2004-08-19

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0817351264

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An important case study of chiefdom collapse and societal reemergence Caborn-Welborn, a late Mississippian (A.D. 1400-1700) farming society centered at the confluence of the Ohio and Wabash Rivers (in what is now southwestern Indiana, southeastern Illinois, and northwestern Kentucky), developed following the collapse of the Angel chiefdom (A.D. 1000-1400). Using ceramic and settlement data, David Pollack examines the ways in which that new society reconstructed social, political, and economic relationships from the remnants of the Angel chiefdom. Unlike most instances of the demise of a complex society led by elites, the Caborn-Welborn population did not become more inward-looking, as indicated by an increase in extraregional interaction, nor did they disperse to smaller more widely scattered settlements, as evidenced by a continuation of a hierarchy that included large villages. This book makes available for the first time detailed, well-illustrated descriptions of Caborn-Welborn ceramics, identifies ceramic types and attributes that reflect Caborn-Welborn interaction with Oneota tribal groups and central Mississippi valley Mississippian groups, and offers an internal regional chronology. Based on intraregional differences in ceramic decoration, the types of vessels interred with the dead, and cemetery location, Pollack suggests that in addition to the former Angel population, Caborn-Welborn society may have included households that relocated to the Ohio/Wabash confluence from nearby collapsing polities, and that Caborn-Welborn’s sociopolitical organization could be better considered as a riverine confederacy.