Archaeological Geology of the Turner Site Complex, Hamilton County, Ohio

Bibliographic Data

ID11380500
AuthorsKenneth B Tankersley (0000-0002-2474-6283, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume28
Issue4
Pages271-294
Publication date2007-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNorth American Archaeologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-6931 • E-ISSN: 1541-3543
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/na.28.4.a
OpenAlexW2057678263
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

For more than 150 years, the age of the Turner site complex has been based on the seriation of artifacts and geometry of the earthworks. Seriation failed to provide meaningful relative dates because it was based on errors in the geographic and geologic data of the nineteenth century. Newly interpreted geography, geology, and direct AMS 14 C measurements indicate that the Hopewell village, Elevated Circle, and Graded Way predate the construction of the Great Oval, Mound 3, and possibly Mound 15 (ca. 1710 + 50 RC yr B.P. to 1850 + 50 RC yr B.P., ca. A.D. 53 to A.D. 537 calibrated calendar years at two-sigma). Radiocarbon evidence also indicates that the Turner earthworks were built during the Post-Holocene Climatic Optimum. Hydraulic features such as dams, ditches, and drains are likely examples of Hopewell pragmatic, economic, and ritual adaptations to the cool and dry conditions associated with this climatic event

Archaeology · Earthworks · Geoarchaeology · Geography · Geotechnical engineering · Holocene · Physical geography · Quaternary · Radiocarbon dating · Seriation (archaeology · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Tree-ring climate responses · Geology · Paleontology

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