Kathryn E Parker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4053544 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn E Parker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn E |
| FAMILY NAME | Parker |
| SIGNATURE | PARKER K E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Gila River Indian Community |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0706-1370 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Precontact Use of Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) in Iowa, USA
Excavation of a cave in eastern Iowa (USA) revealed a feature containing charred wood of balsam fir (Abies balsamea) dating to ca. AD 300–400. Taxon identification was based on wood anatomy and species distribution. Balsam fir, a boreal forest species, does not currently grow near the cave but is restricted in Iowa to paleorefugia at algific talus slopes. Balsam fir’s widespread medicinal and ceremonial use, along with the common ritual uses of c…
The Role of Plants and Animals in the Termination of Three Buildings at the Spring Lake Tract Neighborhood, Cahokia
Plants and animals play a vital role in the human experience, from providing basic sustenance to creating unique social practices that may govern familial, political, or religious experiences; reconstitute identities; or forge social relationships. In this article, we present analyses on the ethnobotanical and zoological remains recently recovered from the Spring Lake Tract, Cahokia, a neighborhood populated from approximately AD 900 to 1275. The…
Magic Plants and Mississippian Ritual
Botanical Remains from the Baumer Component at Kincaid Mounds
The Baumer construct defines the Early and Middle Woodland periods in the lower Ohio Valley in the confluence region of the Ohio, Tennessee, and Cumberland Rivers. Originally defined by University of Chicago investigations in the 1930s, Baumer remains a poorly understood cultural unit. This paper reports the botanical and environmental data from Baumer features excavated in recent work at Kincaid Mounds. These data demonstrate a stable plant food…
An Early Islamic Homicide at Qasr Hallabat, Jordan
In the 8th to 10th century c.e., six adult individuals, five males and one female, were murdered in the northern Badia of Jordan amongst the ruins of Qasr Hallabat. The four males and one female show a combination of blunt force trauma to the head and sharp force trauma to the arms and legs. Who are these individuals, and what are the circumstances surrounding their deaths? Forensic and bioarchaeological analyses of the skeletal remains uncover e…
Reconstructing Ancient Foodways at the Jones Mill Site (3HS28), Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Analyses of botanical and faunal samples and a new radiocarbon date provide a detailed picture of Indian foodways at the Jones Mill site on the Ouachita River in Arkansas. Hunting, plant processing, and fishing with nets is seen from Middle Archaic artifacts and features. Burned hickory nutshell found among clusters of fire-cracked rock shows the importance of nut masts as food between 6000-4300 B.C. By 1450 A.D., a more substantial community of …
Plants and Technology
With a single exception, the paleoethnobotany papers presented as a group in this issue of the MCJA emerged from a symposium, Plants and Technology/' organized by Mary Simon and Katie Parker as part of the 2006 Midwest Archaeological Conference in Champaign-Urbana. In considering possible themes for the symposium, we concluded that we would most like to hear about new or novel approaches to archaeobotanical research, as well as new discoveries ab…
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) Dates Confirm Early Zea Mays in the Mississippi River Valley
Two accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates obtained from samples of Zea mays from the Holding site, 11MS118, in the American Bottom near East St. Louis, Illinois, establish the presence of maize in the Mississippi Valley between 170 B.C. and A.D. 60. The dates finally establish the occurrence of Middle Woodland maize in Illinois and are the earliest dates thus far for maize east of the Mississippi River. Other reports of early Middle Woodland …
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) Dates Confirm Early Zea Mays in the Mississippi River Valley
Two accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates obtained from samples of Zea mays from the Holding site, 11MS118, in the American Bottom near East St. Louis, Illinois, establish the presence of maize in the Mississippi Valley between 170 B.C. and A.D. 60. The dates finally establish the occurrence of Middle Woodland maize in Illinois and are the earliest dates thus far for maize east of the Mississippi River. Other reports of early Middle Woodland …
The Role of Plants and Animals in the Termination of Three Buildings at the Spring Lake Tract Neighborhood, Cahokia
Plants and animals play a vital role in the human experience, from providing basic sustenance to creating unique social practices that may govern familial, political, or religious experiences; reconstitute identities; or forge social relationships. In this article, we present analyses on the ethnobotanical and zoological remains recently recovered from the Spring Lake Tract, Cahokia, a neighborhood populated from approximately AD 900 to 1275. The…
Reconstructing Ancient Foodways at the Jones Mill Site (3HS28), Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Analyses of botanical and faunal samples and a new radiocarbon date provide a detailed picture of Indian foodways at the Jones Mill site on the Ouachita River in Arkansas. Hunting, plant processing, and fishing with nets is seen from Middle Archaic artifacts and features. Burned hickory nutshell found among clusters of fire-cracked rock shows the importance of nut masts as food between 6000-4300 B.C. By 1450 A.D., a more substantial community of …
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) Dates Confirm Early Zea Mays in the Mississippi River Valley
Two accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates obtained from samples of Zea mays from the Holding site, 11MS118, in the American Bottom near East St. Louis, Illinois, establish the presence of maize in the Mississippi Valley between 170 B.C. and A.D. 60. The dates finally establish the occurrence of Middle Woodland maize in Illinois and are the earliest dates thus far for maize east of the Mississippi River. Other reports of early Middle Woodland …
Plants and Technology
With a single exception, the paleoethnobotany papers presented as a group in this issue of the MCJA emerged from a symposium, Plants and Technology/' organized by Mary Simon and Katie Parker as part of the 2006 Midwest Archaeological Conference in Champaign-Urbana. In considering possible themes for the symposium, we concluded that we would most like to hear about new or novel approaches to archaeobotanical research, as well as new discoveries ab…
Reconstructing Ancient Foodways at the Jones Mill Site (3HS28), Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Analyses of botanical and faunal samples and a new radiocarbon date provide a detailed picture of Indian foodways at the Jones Mill site on the Ouachita River in Arkansas. Hunting, plant processing, and fishing with nets is seen from Middle Archaic artifacts and features. Burned hickory nutshell found among clusters of fire-cracked rock shows the importance of nut masts as food between 6000-4300 B.C. By 1450 A.D., a more substantial community of …
An Early Islamic Homicide at Qasr Hallabat, Jordan
In the 8th to 10th century c.e., six adult individuals, five males and one female, were murdered in the northern Badia of Jordan amongst the ruins of Qasr Hallabat. The four males and one female show a combination of blunt force trauma to the head and sharp force trauma to the arms and legs. Who are these individuals, and what are the circumstances surrounding their deaths? Forensic and bioarchaeological analyses of the skeletal remains uncover e…
Botanical Remains from the Baumer Component at Kincaid Mounds
The Baumer construct defines the Early and Middle Woodland periods in the lower Ohio Valley in the confluence region of the Ohio, Tennessee, and Cumberland Rivers. Originally defined by University of Chicago investigations in the 1930s, Baumer remains a poorly understood cultural unit. This paper reports the botanical and environmental data from Baumer features excavated in recent work at Kincaid Mounds. These data demonstrate a stable plant food…
Magic Plants and Mississippian Ritual
The Role of Plants and Animals in the Termination of Three Buildings at the Spring Lake Tract Neighborhood, Cahokia
Plants and animals play a vital role in the human experience, from providing basic sustenance to creating unique social practices that may govern familial, political, or religious experiences; reconstitute identities; or forge social relationships. In this article, we present analyses on the ethnobotanical and zoological remains recently recovered from the Spring Lake Tract, Cahokia, a neighborhood populated from approximately AD 900 to 1275. The…
Precontact Use of Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) in Iowa, USA
Excavation of a cave in eastern Iowa (USA) revealed a feature containing charred wood of balsam fir (Abies balsamea) dating to ca. AD 300–400. Taxon identification was based on wood anatomy and species distribution. Balsam fir, a boreal forest species, does not currently grow near the cave but is restricted in Iowa to paleorefugia at algific talus slopes. Balsam fir’s widespread medicinal and ceremonial use, along with the common ritual uses of c…
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