Clarence H Webb
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 273467 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Clarence H Webb |
| NOMBRES | Clarence H |
| APELLIDO | Webb |
| FIRMA | WEBB C H |
| AFILIACIONES | Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 40 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1944 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1971 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Archaic and Poverty Point Zoomorphic Locust Beads
Zoomorphic beads of carved and polished hard stone, most often red jasper, have been found in Late Archaic, Poverty Point or unknown context across the southern states from western Louisiana and Arkansas to western Alabama. These beads have features that resemble locusts, specifically the grasshopper and the cyclical cicada. The most regularly accentuated feature is a midbody disc or projecting plate that is thought to represent the auditory orga…
The Waring Papers
The Extent and Content of Poverty Point Culture
Late Archaic developments along the Gulf Coast and up the Mississippi Valley, after 2000 B.C., contributed a substantial base for the Poverty Point culture. New coastal and inland discoveries bring the total number of Poverty Point sites to 34, with many additional possibilities.A study of 70,000 artifacts from the type-site is reported; the known cultural content is increased by numerous new traits. The thesis is advanced that Formative elements…
Burials
Four types of burials are to be distinguished at the Belcher site. The first group, Burials 1, 4, and 13, were disturbed burials, to the extent that details or relationships were indefinite. The second group, Burials 11 and 12, were in large, wide pits which originated within the primary mound of Mound B, just beneath the red clay cap. The long axes of the pits were on a northeast-southwest line, with the heads directed toward the southwest. The …
Pottery
The pottery from this site was described and classified in 1941 (Webb and Dodd 1941), on the basis of the sherds found in the four levels of Mound B (Houses 1 to 4), the floors of the adjoining Houses 5 and 6, and the fills between these levels, in addition to whole vessels from the associated Burials 1 through 19 and several of the house floors. This was the first attempt to set up pottery types from an excavated Caddoan site and was necessarily…
Introduction
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Cultural Continuity and Change
This site is one of several key sites in the Caddoan Area which Krieger used in the formulation of his classification of Caddoan cultures. It offers, in Mound B, a clear separation of habitation periods by sterile fills and thereby affords a sharp temporal segmentation of culture levels. We believe that we have been reasonably accurate in relating other habitation levels and burials to the four levels of Mound B in working out the picture of the …
Food Remains
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Summary, Comparisons, and Conclusions
The excavated portion of the Belcher Mound site seems to represent the ceremonial and possibly civil center of a small agricultural community located in the overflow valley of Red River. The village was scattered along the east bank of a stream which presently is inactive but apparently during the life of the site was the main course of Red River, building up its natural levee during the time when the mounds were being constructed. The prehistori…
Houses and Other Features
Houses 1 to 5 of this site have been described in a previous publication (C. H. Webb 1940), with some comparisons with historic house types among the Caddos, other Southeastern tribes, and Plains groups. Archaeological evidences of Caddoan house types were cited from the descriptions of Jackson (1936) and Harrington (1920). Since that time, however, other excavations in the Caddoan area have given a fuller picture of house structures, hence a rep…
The Excavations
Caddo Parish, in the northwestern corner of Louisiana is bounded on the east by the present channel of Red River. In the vicinity of the Belcher Mound site (Fig. 2) this river follows the eastern escarpment of hills for about 15 miles, with all of its overflow valley lying to the west and varying in width from three miles at the upper part of this stretch to ten miles at the level of the site. The hills to the west of the valley are generally low…
Artifacts
Stone artifacts are much less frequent at the Belcher site than either shell objects or pottery. Very few stone artifacts were placed with the burials. Only 155 chipped stone artifacts were recovered; 103 are projectile points, 52 of which were found on house floors, 27 with burials, and 24 on the surface (Table 4). All of the projectiles are small, thin arrow types, except one from the fill of Burial 9 which is large enough to be considered a da…
The Southern Cult in the Belcher Focus
Specific elements of the ceremonial complex which has been termed the “Southern Cult” appear in Belcher III at the Belcher site and in the Foster and Friday mound components of the Belcher focus. This constitutes the only significant persistence of this cult material in the later or Fulton aspect of the entire Caddoan area. These Southern Cult elements in the three sites accompany an equally large number of ceremonial traits to form an apparently…
The Role of the Nonprofessional in the Local Society
The history of the natural sciences is replete with instances of valuable contributions by nonprofessionals, from the discovery of new stars, the recognition and description of new species of flora and fauna, the collection and accurate recording of specimens, to the interpretation of the sciences to the general public through the media of the written and spoken word. Many museums have been founded or enriched through the generosity of amateur en…
Microblades at Poverty Point Sites
Until the past few years the Poverty Point horizon was known solely through its manifestation at the type site, Poverty Point Plantation, on Bayou Macon, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Webb (1944), in connection with the description of a cache of stone vessel fragments found near the large Poverty Point mound, pointed out the apparent cultural content of the site, which had previously been mentioned in archaeological literature by Moore (1913), …
Stone Vessels from a Northeast Louisiana Site
Holmes states that steatite was widely used by the Indian tribes north of Mexico for the manufacture of implements, ornaments and utensils. The manufacture of stone vessels predominated on the Pacific coast, especially in the Santa Barbara region where sites have stone vessel fragments in all strata, and along the Atlantic coast, where this trait was especially associated with the Old Algonkian culture of the North Atlantic. The use of stone vess…
The Extent and Content of Poverty Point Culture
Late Archaic developments along the Gulf Coast and up the Mississippi Valley, after 2000 B.C., contributed a substantial base for the Poverty Point culture. New coastal and inland discoveries bring the total number of Poverty Point sites to 34, with many additional possibilities.A study of 70,000 artifacts from the type-site is reported; the known cultural content is increased by numerous new traits. The thesis is advanced that Formative elements…
The Waring Papers
Microblades at Poverty Point Sites
Until the past few years the Poverty Point horizon was known solely through its manifestation at the type site, Poverty Point Plantation, on Bayou Macon, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Webb (1944), in connection with the description of a cache of stone vessel fragments found near the large Poverty Point mound, pointed out the apparent cultural content of the site, which had previously been mentioned in archaeological literature by Moore (1913), …
Stone Vessels from a Northeast Louisiana Site
Holmes states that steatite was widely used by the Indian tribes north of Mexico for the manufacture of implements, ornaments and utensils. The manufacture of stone vessels predominated on the Pacific coast, especially in the Santa Barbara region where sites have stone vessel fragments in all strata, and along the Atlantic coast, where this trait was especially associated with the Old Algonkian culture of the North Atlantic. The use of stone vess…
Archaic and Poverty Point Zoomorphic Locust Beads
Zoomorphic beads of carved and polished hard stone, most often red jasper, have been found in Late Archaic, Poverty Point or unknown context across the southern states from western Louisiana and Arkansas to western Alabama. These beads have features that resemble locusts, specifically the grasshopper and the cyclical cicada. The most regularly accentuated feature is a midbody disc or projecting plate that is thought to represent the auditory orga…
Stone Vessels from a Northeast Louisiana Site
Holmes states that steatite was widely used by the Indian tribes north of Mexico for the manufacture of implements, ornaments and utensils. The manufacture of stone vessels predominated on the Pacific coast, especially in the Santa Barbara region where sites have stone vessel fragments in all strata, and along the Atlantic coast, where this trait was especially associated with the Old Algonkian culture of the North Atlantic. The use of stone vess…
Microblades at Poverty Point Sites
Until the past few years the Poverty Point horizon was known solely through its manifestation at the type site, Poverty Point Plantation, on Bayou Macon, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Webb (1944), in connection with the description of a cache of stone vessel fragments found near the large Poverty Point mound, pointed out the apparent cultural content of the site, which had previously been mentioned in archaeological literature by Moore (1913), …
The Role of the Nonprofessional in the Local Society
The history of the natural sciences is replete with instances of valuable contributions by nonprofessionals, from the discovery of new stars, the recognition and description of new species of flora and fauna, the collection and accurate recording of specimens, to the interpretation of the sciences to the general public through the media of the written and spoken word. Many museums have been founded or enriched through the generosity of amateur en…
Burials
Four types of burials are to be distinguished at the Belcher site. The first group, Burials 1, 4, and 13, were disturbed burials, to the extent that details or relationships were indefinite. The second group, Burials 11 and 12, were in large, wide pits which originated within the primary mound of Mound B, just beneath the red clay cap. The long axes of the pits were on a northeast-southwest line, with the heads directed toward the southwest. The …
Pottery
The pottery from this site was described and classified in 1941 (Webb and Dodd 1941), on the basis of the sherds found in the four levels of Mound B (Houses 1 to 4), the floors of the adjoining Houses 5 and 6, and the fills between these levels, in addition to whole vessels from the associated Burials 1 through 19 and several of the house floors. This was the first attempt to set up pottery types from an excavated Caddoan site and was necessarily…
Introduction
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Cultural Continuity and Change
This site is one of several key sites in the Caddoan Area which Krieger used in the formulation of his classification of Caddoan cultures. It offers, in Mound B, a clear separation of habitation periods by sterile fills and thereby affords a sharp temporal segmentation of culture levels. We believe that we have been reasonably accurate in relating other habitation levels and burials to the four levels of Mound B in working out the picture of the …
Food Remains
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Summary, Comparisons, and Conclusions
The excavated portion of the Belcher Mound site seems to represent the ceremonial and possibly civil center of a small agricultural community located in the overflow valley of Red River. The village was scattered along the east bank of a stream which presently is inactive but apparently during the life of the site was the main course of Red River, building up its natural levee during the time when the mounds were being constructed. The prehistori…
Houses and Other Features
Houses 1 to 5 of this site have been described in a previous publication (C. H. Webb 1940), with some comparisons with historic house types among the Caddos, other Southeastern tribes, and Plains groups. Archaeological evidences of Caddoan house types were cited from the descriptions of Jackson (1936) and Harrington (1920). Since that time, however, other excavations in the Caddoan area have given a fuller picture of house structures, hence a rep…
The Excavations
Caddo Parish, in the northwestern corner of Louisiana is bounded on the east by the present channel of Red River. In the vicinity of the Belcher Mound site (Fig. 2) this river follows the eastern escarpment of hills for about 15 miles, with all of its overflow valley lying to the west and varying in width from three miles at the upper part of this stretch to ten miles at the level of the site. The hills to the west of the valley are generally low…
Artifacts
Stone artifacts are much less frequent at the Belcher site than either shell objects or pottery. Very few stone artifacts were placed with the burials. Only 155 chipped stone artifacts were recovered; 103 are projectile points, 52 of which were found on house floors, 27 with burials, and 24 on the surface (Table 4). All of the projectiles are small, thin arrow types, except one from the fill of Burial 9 which is large enough to be considered a da…
The Southern Cult in the Belcher Focus
Specific elements of the ceremonial complex which has been termed the “Southern Cult” appear in Belcher III at the Belcher site and in the Foster and Friday mound components of the Belcher focus. This constitutes the only significant persistence of this cult material in the later or Fulton aspect of the entire Caddoan area. These Southern Cult elements in the three sites accompany an equally large number of ceremonial traits to form an apparently…
The Waring Papers
The Extent and Content of Poverty Point Culture
Late Archaic developments along the Gulf Coast and up the Mississippi Valley, after 2000 B.C., contributed a substantial base for the Poverty Point culture. New coastal and inland discoveries bring the total number of Poverty Point sites to 34, with many additional possibilities.A study of 70,000 artifacts from the type-site is reported; the known cultural content is increased by numerous new traits. The thesis is advanced that Formative elements…
Archaic and Poverty Point Zoomorphic Locust Beads
Zoomorphic beads of carved and polished hard stone, most often red jasper, have been found in Late Archaic, Poverty Point or unknown context across the southern states from western Louisiana and Arkansas to western Alabama. These beads have features that resemble locusts, specifically the grasshopper and the cyclical cicada. The most regularly accentuated feature is a midbody disc or projecting plate that is thought to represent the auditory orga…
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