George I Quimby
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 97577 |
|---|---|
| NOME | George I Quimby |
| PRENOMES | George I |
| SOBRENOME | Quimby |
| ASSINATURA | QUIMBY G I |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Natural History Museum |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 43 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 54 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 43 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1939 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1994 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Historical Archaeology as I Saw It
An Exotic Campsite in East Hudson Bay
Differential Artistic Productivity in the Eskimo Cultural Tradition [and Comments and Reply]
Conditions of archaeological preservation along the Arctic coast of North America allow the recovery of objects of technology and plastic art throughout the past 4,000 years of the Eskimo cultural tradition. This situation provides a unique opportunity for approaching the question: Why is more and better art produced during certain periods in the history of a society, or, in this case, of a series of historically related societies, while at other…
Hawaiians in the fur trade of north‐west America, 1785–1820
(1972). Hawaiians in the fur trade of north‐west America, 1785–1820. The Journal of Pacific History: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 92-103
Humor among the Treaty Makers and Fur Traders or Joe Miller's Joke Book in the Pacific Northwest
Shipwrecks and Archaeology
A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux. Amos BAD Heart Bull and Helen H. BLISH
Artists of the Old West . John C. Ewers
A Brief Note on the Codex Canadiensis
A New Look at Geochronology in the Upper Great Lakes Region
A revision of Great Lakes geologic history involving the temporal position of Glacial Lake Algonquin and some post-Algonquin lake stages requires corresponding revision of certain archaeological interpretations. Indications are that the Paleo-Indian occupations of the upper Great Lakes area are somewhat earlier than heretofore supposed
A Year with a Chippewa Family, 1763-1764
Omaha Kinship Terminology and Spruce-Fir Pollen
Two points raised in a review of Indian Life in the Upper Great Lakes are discussed. The points questioned were statements about Winnebago social organization and the late glacial and early postglacial vegetation of the Upper Great Lakes. A review of the available evidence suggests that the Winnebago had an Omaha type of kinship system and that the late glacial and early post-glacial vegetation included spruce and fir or spruce and deciduous tree…
Cord Marking versus Fabric Impressing of Woodland Pottery
In some instances it is very difficult to distinguish between cord-impressed and fabric-impressed surfaces on aboriginal pottery. This problem is discussed with particular reference to a protohistoric Woodland jar from western Michigan. It is suggested that fabric impressing and cord marking are closely related techniques which stem from the same cultural tradition
Rates of Culture Change in Archaeology
Both the rate and the amount of culture change through time may be determined by comparing traits of one temporal segment of a continuum with other segments in progression from the oldest to the youngest segment. Additive and subtractive changes, or innovations and losses, must be evaluated against the time scale rather than balanced against one another, because of the time lag which may occur even if an innovation does produce a corresponding lo…
Lanceolate Points and Fossil Beaches in the Upper Great Lakes Region
Lanceolate points, formerly called 'Yuma,' but now designated by specific type names such as Plainview, Milnesand, Eden, Browns Valley, and others, seem to have been various expressions of a common pattern or tradition that has been called 'Piano' by Jennings (Griffin 1957: 23). The Piano tradition in the West represents an ancient hunting stage of culture that followed an earlier stage manifested by the paleo-Indians who used fluted points and h…
Fluted Points and Geochronology of the Lake Michigan Basin
Fluted projectile points of chipped flint have been found occasionally in Michigan and Wisconsin. Most, if not all of these, closely resemble the Clovis style of fluted point found in the west. There is some evidence indicating that the western Clovis points belong to a period older than 8000 B.C. A number of archaeologists, myself included, have assumed that the eastern varieties of fluted points are of approximately the same order of antiquity …
The Locus of the Natchez Pelvis Find
Some time between 1837 and 1844 Dr. Montroville Wilson Dickeson found a fossil human pelvis and bones of extinct animals in the vicinity of Natchez, Mississippi (Culen 1900: 113-5).In 1846 Dickeson reported this find to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, stating in substance that the human bone was found at least 2 feet below 3 associated skeletons of Megalonyx in a 'plateau of blue clay ... that underlies the diluvial drift of Natc…
Reply to Aschmann's Comment
I read Aschmann's comments with great interest, welcome the opportunity to reply to them, and wish also to add some comments I have received by letter from others. I used the terminology of Antevs, but not his chronological framework, which is quite different from that presented tentatively by me. In fact, I feel certain that Antevs would be much rougher in his assessment than Aschmann. My grievous remark on climate stems from ignorance and my im…
Cultural and Natural Areas before Kroeber
Kroeber's classic study of the “Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America” has been invaluable to eth' nologists and archaeologists working with cultural phenomena more recent than the beginning of the Christian era. However, it has become increasingly evident that the cultural and natural areas of the neo-Indian (the term used by Griffin, 1946, p. 38) were not necessarily those of the paleo-Indian (the term used by Roberts, 1940, pp. 51…
The Old Copper Assemblage and Extinct Animals
There seems to be some possibility that artifacts representative of the Old Copper culture were associated with fossil animals. The evidence is inconclusive but worth noting as a stimulus for future investigations.In his report on the geology of the Thunder Bay, Ontario, district, Tanton (1931: 83-4) mentions some interesting archaeological remains, information about which was preserved in the files of the Geological Survey of Canada. This inform…
Historic Creek Pottery from Oklahoma
Despite the remarkable progress manifest in the archaeology of the Southeast, there remains an appreciable gap in our historical perspective between ethnological horizons and late period archaeological material. Pottery is one highly important time-indicator that persisted into historic times, yet for one of the major Southeastern tribes- the Creeks-pottery in ethnological museum collections is rare. For this reason, the authors here describe the…
A Hopewell Tool for Decorating Pottery
Wedel and Trowbridge described a prehistoric rouletting tool from a Hopewellian site in Wyandotte County, Kansas. This rouletting tool of bone was circular with a notched stamping edge and an attached handle that served also as an axle for the stamping wheel. The discovery of this tool, according to the authors, substantiated rouletting on the principle of wheel-rolling, as originally deduced by Holmes in 1892.In the collections of the Chicago Na…
North America
Culture Contact on the Northwest Coast, 1785-1795
Indians before Columbus
Differential Artistic Productivity in the Eskimo Cultural Tradition [and Comments and Reply]
Conditions of archaeological preservation along the Arctic coast of North America allow the recovery of objects of technology and plastic art throughout the past 4,000 years of the Eskimo cultural tradition. This situation provides a unique opportunity for approaching the question: Why is more and better art produced during certain periods in the history of a society, or, in this case, of a series of historically related societies, while at other…
Culture Contact on the Northwest Coast, 1785-1795
Cultural and Natural Areas before Kroeber
Kroeber's classic study of the “Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America” has been invaluable to eth' nologists and archaeologists working with cultural phenomena more recent than the beginning of the Christian era. However, it has become increasingly evident that the cultural and natural areas of the neo-Indian (the term used by Griffin, 1946, p. 38) were not necessarily those of the paleo-Indian (the term used by Roberts, 1940, pp. 51…
The Natchezan Culture Type
Recent excavations and laboratory analyses by the Statewide Archaeological Survey of Louisiana have provided the means for a better definition of the Natchezan culture type and its antecedents. Comparative ethnological data were obtained from Dr. John R. Swanton and Dr. Andrew C. Albrecht.The archaeological data were obtained from six excavated sites and several surface collections. Only two of these sites were documented; the Fatherland Plantati…
Fluted Points and Geochronology of the Lake Michigan Basin
Fluted projectile points of chipped flint have been found occasionally in Michigan and Wisconsin. Most, if not all of these, closely resemble the Clovis style of fluted point found in the west. There is some evidence indicating that the western Clovis points belong to a period older than 8000 B.C. A number of archaeologists, myself included, have assumed that the eastern varieties of fluted points are of approximately the same order of antiquity …
Natchez Social Structure as an Instrument of Assimilation
The Manitunik Eskimo Culture of East Hudson's Bay
Archaeologically, the east coast of Hudson's Bay is an unexplored area. There never has been scientific excavation undertaken in this region, although the Eskimo inhabitants have been plundering the 'Tunit' graves and old tent sites for many years. However, some archaeological information based upon collections from the Belcher Islands and Port Harrison, is available. In 1921-24 Dr. Knud Rasmussen and Dr. Therkel Mathiassen obtained, collections …
A Year with a Chippewa Family, 1763-1764
The Locus of the Natchez Pelvis Find
Some time between 1837 and 1844 Dr. Montroville Wilson Dickeson found a fossil human pelvis and bones of extinct animals in the vicinity of Natchez, Mississippi (Culen 1900: 113-5).In 1846 Dickeson reported this find to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, stating in substance that the human bone was found at least 2 feet below 3 associated skeletons of Megalonyx in a 'plateau of blue clay ... that underlies the diluvial drift of Natc…
M ilwaukee P ublic M useum
An Exotic Campsite in East Hudson Bay
Shipwrecks and Archaeology
A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux. Amos BAD Heart Bull and Helen H. BLISH
Artists of the Old West . John C. Ewers
Cord Marking versus Fabric Impressing of Woodland Pottery
In some instances it is very difficult to distinguish between cord-impressed and fabric-impressed surfaces on aboriginal pottery. This problem is discussed with particular reference to a protohistoric Woodland jar from western Michigan. It is suggested that fabric impressing and cord marking are closely related techniques which stem from the same cultural tradition
Lanceolate Points and Fossil Beaches in the Upper Great Lakes Region
Lanceolate points, formerly called 'Yuma,' but now designated by specific type names such as Plainview, Milnesand, Eden, Browns Valley, and others, seem to have been various expressions of a common pattern or tradition that has been called 'Piano' by Jennings (Griffin 1957: 23). The Piano tradition in the West represents an ancient hunting stage of culture that followed an earlier stage manifested by the paleo-Indians who used fluted points and h…
A Hopewell Tool for Decorating Pottery
Wedel and Trowbridge described a prehistoric rouletting tool from a Hopewellian site in Wyandotte County, Kansas. This rouletting tool of bone was circular with a notched stamping edge and an attached handle that served also as an axle for the stamping wheel. The discovery of this tool, according to the authors, substantiated rouletting on the principle of wheel-rolling, as originally deduced by Holmes in 1892.In the collections of the Chicago Na…
North America
Indians before Columbus
A Subjective Interpretation of Some Design Similarities Between Hopewell and Northern Algonkian
Aboriginal Camp Sites on Isle Royale, Michigan
In a recent article in american antiquity, Dr. Vladimir J. Fewkes described some Woodland pottery from the valley of the lower Red River, north of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Similar sherds from the region of Mille Lacs, Minnesota, are illustrated by Winchell. As pointed out by McKern and Fewkes, pottery resembling the Woodland ware was collected from sites in Kamchatka, Siberia, by Jochelson. There is some possibility that these northern Kamchatka sites…
Aboriginal Camp Sites on Isle Royale, Michigan
In a recent article in american antiquity, Dr. Vladimir J. Fewkes described some Woodland pottery from the valley of the lower Red River, north of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Similar sherds from the region of Mille Lacs, Minnesota, are illustrated by Winchell. As pointed out by McKern and Fewkes, pottery resembling the Woodland ware was collected from sites in Kamchatka, Siberia, by Jochelson. There is some possibility that these northern Kamchatka sites…
The Manitunik Eskimo Culture of East Hudson's Bay
Archaeologically, the east coast of Hudson's Bay is an unexplored area. There never has been scientific excavation undertaken in this region, although the Eskimo inhabitants have been plundering the 'Tunit' graves and old tent sites for many years. However, some archaeological information based upon collections from the Belcher Islands and Port Harrison, is available. In 1921-24 Dr. Knud Rasmussen and Dr. Therkel Mathiassen obtained, collections …
The Natchezan Culture Type
Recent excavations and laboratory analyses by the Statewide Archaeological Survey of Louisiana have provided the means for a better definition of the Natchezan culture type and its antecedents. Comparative ethnological data were obtained from Dr. John R. Swanton and Dr. Andrew C. Albrecht.The archaeological data were obtained from six excavated sites and several surface collections. Only two of these sites were documented; the Fatherland Plantati…
A Subjective Interpretation of Some Design Similarities Between Hopewell and Northern Algonkian
A Selected Bibliography of American Indian Archaeology East of the Rocky Mountains. John Otis Brew. (Papers of The Excavator's Club, Vol. 2, No. 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1943.)
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I Introduction
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V Pottery
The pottery from the sites of the Tchefuncte period has been classified into a number of different types. As used by us, the type is a kind of average of an arbitrarily limited range of overlapping traits which have been abstracted from whole vessels and sherds that appear to be similar. Typology is checked against stratigraphy and stratigraphy against typology, to determine the utility of the type as an indicator of cultural change in time and s…
VI Ceramic Stratigraphy
The only excavations of Tchefuncte sites which produced materials suitable for laboratory analyses of the temporal behavior of the pottery types characteristic of the period were those undertaken at the Tchefuncte middens and Big Oak Island. In Tchefuncte midden A, five hundred five-foot squares were dug to the bottom of the midden by six-inch levels. For purposes of analysis, adjoining squares of uniform total depth were grouped together in orde…
VII Interpretations and Conjectures
A comparison of Tchefuncte traits suggests that there are three groupings or foci which at present comprise the Tchefuncte culture. The Copell site on Pecan Island, although a single site, represents the first group. The absence of pottery, presence of artifacts with burials, interment in a cemetery, and other traits tend to isolate this component from other Tchefuncte groupings. The three shell midden sites, Tchefuncte, Little Woods, and Big Oak…
IV The Tchefuncte Artifacts
In this section of the report we have described the artifacts representative of the Tchefuncte culture as a whole. These artifacts were made of pottery, stone, bone, and shell—pottery vessels, however, are described in the next chapter. Clay Tubular Pipes. —Tubular pipes made of fired clay are a diagnostic trait of the Tchefuncte period (Fig. 7). Complete specimens averaged about 15 cm. in length and the stem diameter increases gradually from abo…
II The Tchefuncte Period Sites
The first publication dealing with materials which have since come to be included in the Tchefuncte horizon was an article by J. R. Czajkowski, published in the Louisiana Conservation Review for July 1, 1934. This was a brief summary of the first six months' exploration by a Civil Works Administration project of extensive shell deposits near Little Woods, Louisiana, along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, east of New Orleans. All of these middens…
III Tchefuncte Period Burials
It appears that in the original excavations of the Little Woods site Czajkowski found skeletons in the middens at different points. The following is taken from his article in the Louisiana Conservation Review: Most of the burials on the shell ridge were solitary and no funeral furniture or artifacts were found with them, with two exceptions: (1) On March 20th, two skeletons were found in a semi-flexed, east-west position. The following day, five …
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Periods of Prehistoric Art in the Aleutian Islands
The intent of this paper is to present the hypothesis that there are at least two discernible periods of prehistoric Aleut art; one early, the other late. Most designs of the early period somewhat resemble those of the Dorset Eskimo in the East. The art of the late period is suggestive of Punuk Eskimo in northern Alaska.The formulation of these two periods is based upon an examination of decorated artifacts from the 'D' site on the southwestern c…
Natchez Social Structure as an Instrument of Assimilation
The Sadiron Lamp of Kamchatka as a Clue to the Chronology of the Aleut
Recent studies of trait distributions by Collins, de Laguna, and Heizer, have, in my opinion, demonstrated a cultural connection between southern Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, and Kurile Islands. These circum- North Pacific cultural connections seem to have been established after settlement of all the areas mentioned and therefore are not properly a part of the problem of man's first entry into America.Southern Alaska, the Aleutian Isl…
Indians before Columbus
Indians before Columbus
The Prehistory of Kamchatka
The peninsula of Kamchatka in Siberia is situated between the Sea of Okhotsk on the west and Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean on on the east. This peninsula is about 750 miles long and 80 to 300 miles wide with a mountainous and volcanic interior and a somewhat severe climate. Forests cover all the land except where there are areas of tundra or alpine vegetation
North America
Culture Contact on the Northwest Coast, 1785-1795
A Hopewell Tool for Decorating Pottery
Wedel and Trowbridge described a prehistoric rouletting tool from a Hopewellian site in Wyandotte County, Kansas. This rouletting tool of bone was circular with a notched stamping edge and an attached handle that served also as an axle for the stamping wheel. The discovery of this tool, according to the authors, substantiated rouletting on the principle of wheel-rolling, as originally deduced by Holmes in 1892.In the collections of the Chicago Na…
Historic Creek Pottery from Oklahoma
Despite the remarkable progress manifest in the archaeology of the Southeast, there remains an appreciable gap in our historical perspective between ethnological horizons and late period archaeological material. Pottery is one highly important time-indicator that persisted into historic times, yet for one of the major Southeastern tribes- the Creeks-pottery in ethnological museum collections is rare. For this reason, the authors here describe the…
Cultural and Natural Areas before Kroeber
Kroeber's classic study of the “Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America” has been invaluable to eth' nologists and archaeologists working with cultural phenomena more recent than the beginning of the Christian era. However, it has become increasingly evident that the cultural and natural areas of the neo-Indian (the term used by Griffin, 1946, p. 38) were not necessarily those of the paleo-Indian (the term used by Roberts, 1940, pp. 51…
The Old Copper Assemblage and Extinct Animals
There seems to be some possibility that artifacts representative of the Old Copper culture were associated with fossil animals. The evidence is inconclusive but worth noting as a stimulus for future investigations.In his report on the geology of the Thunder Bay, Ontario, district, Tanton (1931: 83-4) mentions some interesting archaeological remains, information about which was preserved in the files of the Geological Survey of Canada. This inform…
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