Macrobotanical Analysis of Two Hopewell Mound Samples From the Mann Site (12po2) in Indiana

Bibliographic Data

ID12064387
AuthorsJocelyn C Turner (corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume30
Issue2
Pages365-376
Publication date2011-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSoutheastern Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0734-578X • E-ISSN: 2168-4723
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/sea.2011.30.2.010
OpenAlexW2085526549
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited9

The Mann site (12PO2), most noted for its large Hopewellian mound complex, is a little studied but significant archaeological site in southwestern Indiana. Non-mound habitation areas at both the Mann and nearby Mann phase Grabert site were the sole source of archaeobotanical information for these sites prior to the current macrobotanical analysis of two newly available and fairly large (55–60 g of charred material each) samples collected from Mann site mound pit features. Analysis of the macrobotanical material from these pits, in the context of what is already known from both the Mann and Grabert sites, provides additional evidence that plant resources were being used in the Mann phase subsistence system consistent with interregional Hopewellian influences. Data indicate that the inhabitants were using some form of seed storage and may have been participating in non-burial-related ceremonial feasting

Agriculture · Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Excavation · Geography · Paleoethnobotany · Subsistence agriculture · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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