The Eastern Archaic, Historicized offers an alternative perspective on the genesis and
transformation of cultural diversity over eight millennia of hunter-gatherer dwelling in eastern …

Over the past 20 years, archaeologists have grown increasingly interested in exploring the
relationships between humans and things. In part, this focus on materiality has been fueled …

Social complexity increased dramatically during the Middle Woodland period (c. 200 bc–ad
500) in eastern North America. Adena-Hopewell societies during this period built massive …

Indigenous peoples have occupied eastern North America for over 10,000 years; yet the
earliest anthropomorphic figurines were only manufactured in the past several thousand …

Building on what I view as the inability of archaeologists to distinguish patterning in the
treatment of the dead in the central Ohio Valley Middle Woodland (Adena and Hopewell …

This study examines how the Adena mortuary program was practiced in the upper Scioto
Valley in central Ohio. In the Alum Lake area of the valley, Adena mortuary rituals consisted …

This dissertation employs a gendered theoretical perspective to examine the interaction
between social status and biological processes in light of social change (subsistence …

1.1. Background Engraved Adena tablets from Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia represent
one of the smallest canons of elaborate Woodland period artifacts (fig. 1). With the …

The archaeology of the eastern West Virginia uplands remains significantly understudied
compared to other areas of the Appalachian Plateau. Bettye Broyles' excavations at the Hyre …

The archaeology of the eastern West Virginia uplands remains significantly understudied
compared to other areas of the Appalachian Plateau. Bettye Broyles' excavations at the Hyre …