Douglas K Charles
Biographic Data
| ID | 107238 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas K Charles |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas K |
| FAMILY NAME | Charles |
| SIGNATURE | CHARLES D K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wesleyan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 93 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Colorful practices in Hopewellian earthwork construction
Time and Archaeological Traditions in the Lower Illinois Valley
The issue of time remains a crucial one in Lower Illinois Valley archaeology, and key problems remain unresolved. In this paper, new radiocarbon assays and published dates are used to test hypotheses concerning intra-site bluff top mound chronologies, timing and structure of valley settlement, and the emergence of regional symbolic communities during the Middle Woodland period (ca. 50 cal B.C.-cal A.D. 400). We show that within sites Middle Woodl…
Tatham Mound and the Bioarchaeology of European Contact: Disease and Depopulation in Central Gulf Coast Florida . Dale L. Hutchinson
Gender and the Archaeology of Death . Bettina Arnold , Nancy L. Wicker
Chapter 1. Siting, Sighting, and Citing the Dead
From the Middle Archaic through Mississippian periods of the prehistoric American Midwest (ca. 7000-700 B.P.), the specific location, form, and intensity of funerary activity varied through time, but always within a limited, yet evolving, range of alternatives. This material record can be understood as resulting from the interaction of traditional (i.e., meaningful) symbolic systems, the agency of the participants, and specific (i.e., historical)…
Sod Blocks in Illinois Hopewell Mounds
Explaining prehistoric mound development requires both anthropological and geoarchaeological perspectives. Illinois Hopewell (Middle Woodland) mounds are remarkable for the range of earthen materials used in their construction. Adding to this variety we document the presence of upturned sod blocks in a mound at the Mound House site. There and at other Illinois sites the sods have dark, 3-10-cm-thick A horizons with minimal or no evidence of B hor…
Perception and Evolution: A Reply to Rosenberg
Woodland demographic and social dynamics in the American Midwest: Analysis of a burial mound survey
The Woodland period in eastern North America was the climax of the gatherer‐hunter‐horticultural‐ist way of life. In many areas, the dead from this period were buried in earthen mounds. These facilities are readily discovered during systematic pedestrian surveys, and they can provide data for regional population estimates and for studies of social change. This paper presents the rationale for such inferences, and it documents a case‐study from we…
Shading the Past: Models in Archeology
Archeologists create and interpret the past. Attempts to arrive at the "best explanation" of that past are misguided, ignoring the differing perspectives of those who are looking backward, as well as the imperfections in our cognitive abilities. The latter is the focus of this article: How do we best relate our models, as metaphors, to a presumed real past world? Archeological thought is argued to be embedded in traditional Western dichotomies by…
Sedentism, Population Growth, and Resource Selection in the Woodland Midwest: A Review of Coevolutionary Developments [and Comments and Reply]
Cementum annulation and age determination in Homo sapiens . II. Estimates and accuracy
The cementum annulation aging technique was evaluated in a sample of 80 clinically extracted premolars (age range 11–70 years). Demineralized thin sections (7μm) stained with hematoxylin were used. The correlation (r) between age and adjusted count (number of annulations added to age of tooth eruption) was 0.78 for the entire sample (N = 73) and 0.86 for a subsample in which teeth with periodontal disease were excluded (N = 55). Standard error of…
Cementum annulation and age determination in Homo sapiens . I. Tooth variability and observer error
In order to test the feasibility of cementum annulations to estimate age in humans, observer error and tooth variability in cementum ring counts were evaluated in a sample of 42 mandibular canine and first premolar pairs. Additionally, two sectioning techniques were evaluated. Demineralized thin sections (7 μm) stained with hematoxylin are the preferred technique since their age related variance is greater than 75% for all tooth types examined. I…
Woodland demographic and social dynamics in the American Midwest: Analysis of a burial mound survey
The Woodland period in eastern North America was the climax of the gatherer‐hunter‐horticultural‐ist way of life. In many areas, the dead from this period were buried in earthen mounds. These facilities are readily discovered during systematic pedestrian surveys, and they can provide data for regional population estimates and for studies of social change. This paper presents the rationale for such inferences, and it documents a case‐study from we…
Cementum annulation and age determination in Homo sapiens . II. Estimates and accuracy
The cementum annulation aging technique was evaluated in a sample of 80 clinically extracted premolars (age range 11–70 years). Demineralized thin sections (7μm) stained with hematoxylin were used. The correlation (r) between age and adjusted count (number of annulations added to age of tooth eruption) was 0.78 for the entire sample (N = 73) and 0.86 for a subsample in which teeth with periodontal disease were excluded (N = 55). Standard error of…
Chapter 1. Siting, Sighting, and Citing the Dead
From the Middle Archaic through Mississippian periods of the prehistoric American Midwest (ca. 7000-700 B.P.), the specific location, form, and intensity of funerary activity varied through time, but always within a limited, yet evolving, range of alternatives. This material record can be understood as resulting from the interaction of traditional (i.e., meaningful) symbolic systems, the agency of the participants, and specific (i.e., historical)…
Cementum annulation and age determination in Homo sapiens . I. Tooth variability and observer error
In order to test the feasibility of cementum annulations to estimate age in humans, observer error and tooth variability in cementum ring counts were evaluated in a sample of 42 mandibular canine and first premolar pairs. Additionally, two sectioning techniques were evaluated. Demineralized thin sections (7 μm) stained with hematoxylin are the preferred technique since their age related variance is greater than 75% for all tooth types examined. I…
Sod Blocks in Illinois Hopewell Mounds
Explaining prehistoric mound development requires both anthropological and geoarchaeological perspectives. Illinois Hopewell (Middle Woodland) mounds are remarkable for the range of earthen materials used in their construction. Adding to this variety we document the presence of upturned sod blocks in a mound at the Mound House site. There and at other Illinois sites the sods have dark, 3-10-cm-thick A horizons with minimal or no evidence of B hor…
Time and Archaeological Traditions in the Lower Illinois Valley
The issue of time remains a crucial one in Lower Illinois Valley archaeology, and key problems remain unresolved. In this paper, new radiocarbon assays and published dates are used to test hypotheses concerning intra-site bluff top mound chronologies, timing and structure of valley settlement, and the emergence of regional symbolic communities during the Middle Woodland period (ca. 50 cal B.C.-cal A.D. 400). We show that within sites Middle Woodl…
Shading the Past: Models in Archeology
Archeologists create and interpret the past. Attempts to arrive at the "best explanation" of that past are misguided, ignoring the differing perspectives of those who are looking backward, as well as the imperfections in our cognitive abilities. The latter is the focus of this article: How do we best relate our models, as metaphors, to a presumed real past world? Archeological thought is argued to be embedded in traditional Western dichotomies by…
Colorful practices in Hopewellian earthwork construction
Cementum annulation and age determination in Homo sapiens . II. Estimates and accuracy
The cementum annulation aging technique was evaluated in a sample of 80 clinically extracted premolars (age range 11–70 years). Demineralized thin sections (7μm) stained with hematoxylin were used. The correlation (r) between age and adjusted count (number of annulations added to age of tooth eruption) was 0.78 for the entire sample (N = 73) and 0.86 for a subsample in which teeth with periodontal disease were excluded (N = 55). Standard error of…
Cementum annulation and age determination in Homo sapiens . I. Tooth variability and observer error
In order to test the feasibility of cementum annulations to estimate age in humans, observer error and tooth variability in cementum ring counts were evaluated in a sample of 42 mandibular canine and first premolar pairs. Additionally, two sectioning techniques were evaluated. Demineralized thin sections (7 μm) stained with hematoxylin are the preferred technique since their age related variance is greater than 75% for all tooth types examined. I…
Sedentism, Population Growth, and Resource Selection in the Woodland Midwest: A Review of Coevolutionary Developments [and Comments and Reply]
Woodland demographic and social dynamics in the American Midwest: Analysis of a burial mound survey
The Woodland period in eastern North America was the climax of the gatherer‐hunter‐horticultural‐ist way of life. In many areas, the dead from this period were buried in earthen mounds. These facilities are readily discovered during systematic pedestrian surveys, and they can provide data for regional population estimates and for studies of social change. This paper presents the rationale for such inferences, and it documents a case‐study from we…
Shading the Past: Models in Archeology
Archeologists create and interpret the past. Attempts to arrive at the "best explanation" of that past are misguided, ignoring the differing perspectives of those who are looking backward, as well as the imperfections in our cognitive abilities. The latter is the focus of this article: How do we best relate our models, as metaphors, to a presumed real past world? Archeological thought is argued to be embedded in traditional Western dichotomies by…
Perception and Evolution: A Reply to Rosenberg
Sod Blocks in Illinois Hopewell Mounds
Explaining prehistoric mound development requires both anthropological and geoarchaeological perspectives. Illinois Hopewell (Middle Woodland) mounds are remarkable for the range of earthen materials used in their construction. Adding to this variety we document the presence of upturned sod blocks in a mound at the Mound House site. There and at other Illinois sites the sods have dark, 3-10-cm-thick A horizons with minimal or no evidence of B hor…
Gender and the Archaeology of Death . Bettina Arnold , Nancy L. Wicker
Chapter 1. Siting, Sighting, and Citing the Dead
From the Middle Archaic through Mississippian periods of the prehistoric American Midwest (ca. 7000-700 B.P.), the specific location, form, and intensity of funerary activity varied through time, but always within a limited, yet evolving, range of alternatives. This material record can be understood as resulting from the interaction of traditional (i.e., meaningful) symbolic systems, the agency of the participants, and specific (i.e., historical)…
Tatham Mound and the Bioarchaeology of European Contact: Disease and Depopulation in Central Gulf Coast Florida . Dale L. Hutchinson
Time and Archaeological Traditions in the Lower Illinois Valley
The issue of time remains a crucial one in Lower Illinois Valley archaeology, and key problems remain unresolved. In this paper, new radiocarbon assays and published dates are used to test hypotheses concerning intra-site bluff top mound chronologies, timing and structure of valley settlement, and the emergence of regional symbolic communities during the Middle Woodland period (ca. 50 cal B.C.-cal A.D. 400). We show that within sites Middle Woodl…
Colorful practices in Hopewellian earthwork construction
Archaeology (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Ecology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Woodland (4 works) · Art history (3 works)