A Possible Case of Cannibalism in the Early Woodland Period of Eastern Georgia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2564637 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David S Phelps (0000-0003-4301-3330, Tulane University, corresponding author), Rebekah Burge, Rebekah Burgess (Winthrop University) |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2Part1 |
| Pages | 199-202 |
| Publication date | 1964-10-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/278853 |
| OpenAlex | W2056980866 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 2 |
Preliminary investigations at White's Mound, Richmond County, Georgia, have revealed a stratified sequence of cultural material that begins with Stallings Island fiber-tempered pottery and is followed by Deptford, which occurs coincident with a more popular cord-marked type and minor amounts of a fabric-impressed type. The cord-marked pottery is assumed to be indicative of the timing and impact of the Northern tradition on this area. The last test square excavated on the site yielded evidence of possible cannibalism in the form of redeposited fragmentary bones, most of them cooked and a few calcined. With the deposit of bones, some of which had been cut, were a boatstone, a bear-claw necklace, and Deptford bold check-stamped and simple-stamped sherds. An alternative explanation is redeposited cremation which does have precedence in the Georgia area and in the Northern tradition
Archaeology · Art · Biology · Cannibalism · Geography · Period (music) · Pottery · Square (algebra) · White (mutation) · Woodland · American Literature and Culture · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Geology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Paleontology
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| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1967 - 2019 (53) |
| Highly cited | No |