Middle Mississippian Agricultural Fields
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2563087 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melvin L Fowler (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 365-375 |
| Publication date | 1969-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/277733 |
| OpenAlex | W2315337901 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
Aerial photographs made with hand-held cameras and taken from small aircraft revealed soil discolorations on two sites in Illinois. The light and dark parallel lines were interpreted as evidence of prehistoric agricultural fields. Evidence of houses in the center of these fields was also noted. Ground reconnaissance, controlled surface collecting, and cross-trenching tended to confirm this interpretation. These data were compared with archaeological evidence from Macon Plateau in Georgia and historic records for the Great Lakes region. It is proposed that Mississippian agriculture was based upon a field system and a technique of ridge-furrow cultivation that made it possible to utilize low-lying river bottom land
Agriculture · Archaeology · Geography · Geotechnical engineering · Hydrology (agriculture) · Plateau (mathematics) · Prehistory · Ridge · American Environmental and Regional History · Archaeology and Natural History · Geology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Paleontology
Aboriginal Drained-Field Cultivation in the Americas
Comment on Oneota Ridged Field Agriculture in Southwestern Wisconsin
Maize Agriculture Evolution in the Eastern Woodlands of North America
Constructing Greater Cahokia
Preliminary evidence for the efficacy of the Canine Surrogacy Approach in the Great Lakes
Chapter 6. Found field
Prospecting for Prehistoric Gardens
Current Research on Late Precontact Societies of the Midcontinental United States
Historical and Applied Perspectives on Prehistoric Land Use in Eastern North America
Floodplain Agriculture in the Driftless Area
Cahokia
The Opossum Problem
Prehistoric Raised Fields in the Upper Midwestern United States
Fort Ancient Agricultural Systems and Settlement
Mill Creek Chert Hoes and Prairie Soils
Furrows Without Ridges
Agriculture in North America on the Eve of Contact
Oneota Ridged Field Agriculture in Southwestern Wisconsin
Ancient Agriculture and Population at Tikal, Guatemala
Field Systems and Frost Drainage in the Prehistoric Agriculture of the Upper Great Lakes
Language, History and Prehistory
Rethinking the Ramey State
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2026 (57) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |