Botanical Remains from the Baumer Component at Kincaid Mounds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11205359 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn E Parker (0000-0002-0706-1370, Unaffiliated, USA), Brian M Butler (0000-0003-1410-847X, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 113-136 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0146-1109 • E-ISSN: 2327-4271 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01461109.2017.1333221 |
| OpenAlex | W2621981894 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
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 regime highlighted by a major emphasis on nut harvests as well as the cultivation of Eastern Complex seed crops. The Kincaid data show that Baumer and related Crab Orchard groups inhabiting large stream floodplains are more strongly committed to horticulture than their relatives living in small interior stream drainages in southern Illinois. Maize was also recovered but it is clearly of Mississippian origin
Archaeology · Component (thermodynamics · Geography · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |