Identifying animate stones and sacred landscapes
Twenty-five years of native pipestone-quarries research in the American midcontinent
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11380313 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas E Emerson (0000-0002-6540-3359, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author), Randall E Hughes (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Kenneth B Farnsworth (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Sarah U Wisseman (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 177-204 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | North American Archaeologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0197-6931 • E-ISSN: 1541-3543 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0197693120976136 |
| OpenAlex | W3112737095 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 21 |
This paper assesses our current understanding of the native use of the major midcontinental United States pipestone quarries based on over two decades of research. Our studies indicate that combining chemical and mineralogical techniques such as shortwave infrared spectroscopy (SWIS), thin-section petrography, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) have identified pipestones with similar chemical compositions containing distinctive mineralogical suites (often including berthierine, kaolinite, diaspore, muscovite, and pyrophyllite). This research has identified unique mineral compositions at known quarries such as catlinite, Ohio Feurt Hill, Baraboo, and Barron pipestones, as well as identifying previously unknown quarries of Sterling Illinois pipestone, Cahokia Missouri flint clay, and Portsmouth Ohio Claystone. These discoveries have led to a major shift in interpretations of Cahokian and Hopewell pipe exchange. Further examination of native ethnographic quarry use identified the primary attraction of pipestone quarries lay in the perceived ritual and spiritual power of the stone rather than in its economic utility
Archaeology · Geochemistry · Geography · Kaolinite · Petrography · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Geology
Identifying mineralogical variation in Baraboo pipestone quarry sources and its implications for Mississippian-era exchange in the midcontinent
Sourcing Aztalan pipestone ear spools and its implications for interpreting Cahokian targeted acquisition and interaction
Interpreting context and chronology of Cahokia-Caddo mythic female stone figures
Recognizing Copper Tool Assemblages at Middle Woodland Havana Habitation Sites
Ochre in Sedimentary Rock
Havana Tradition Platform Pipe Production and Disposition
Color as a key characteristic in the terminal pleistocene fluted-point-period lithic economy in northeastern North America
Ulysses' Sail
Mineralogical approaches to sourcing pipes and figurines from the eastern woodlands, U.S.A
Revision of hopewellian trading patterns in midwestern North America based on mineralogical sourcing
The ‘New Materialism’ and the Fragility of Things
Refining the identification of native American pipestone quarries in the midcontinental United States
Sourcing Red Pipestone Artifacts from Oneota Villages in the Little Sioux Valley of Northwest Iowa
Tremper Mound, Hopewell Catlinite, and Pima Technology
Continuity and change in pipestone sources at Great Bend aspect and Wichita sites
De-Mything the Cahokia Catlinite Trade
Pipestone Artifacts From Upper Mississippi Valley Sites
The power of stone
Introduction
The Allure of the Exotic
The Sourcing and Interpretation of Cahokia-Style Figurines in the Trans-Mississippi South and Southeast
Catlinite' and the Spread of the Calumet Ceremony
The Calumet Ceremony in the Southeast and Its Archaeological Manifestations
Figurines, Flint Clay Sourcing, the Ozark Highlands, and Cahokian Acquisition
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |