Hopewell Obsidian Studies
Behavioral Implications of Recent Sourcing and Dating Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2575502 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James W Hatch (Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author), Joseph W Michels (Pennsylvania State University), Christopher M Stevenson (0000-0002-3575-2363, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission), Barry E Scheetz (Pennsylvania State University), Richard A Geidel (Pennsylvania State University) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 461-479 |
| Publication date | 1990-07-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/281278 |
| OpenAlex | W4248546180 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 12 |
Specific questions regarding the antiquity of major midwestern Hopewell culture sites and their role in regional exchange systems are addressed in this paper through the dating (obsidian hydration) and compositional characterization (neutron activation analysis [NAA] and atomic absorption spectroscopy [AAS]) of obsidian artifacts. The analysis of 34 specimens from the Seip, Mound City, and Hopewell sites, Ohio, and the Naples site, Illinois, increases fivefold the number of chronometric dates available from these sites and expands the sample of compositionally identified specimens beyond those resulting from Griffin et al.'s (1969) pioneering work. The resulting hydration dates support earlier estimates of the age of these contexts based on 14C or artifact seriation alone. The range of dates (78 B.C.-A.D. 347) and the compositional variety within the sample favors an expanded view of the nature of obsidian trade in the Midwest to include additional western sources, a longer episode of importation, and possible changes in the sources used through time
Archaeology · Artifact (error) · Geography · Griffin · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Psychology
Social and Ritual Organization
Obsidian Hydration Dating
Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Ritual at the Moorehead Circle
Social-boundary defence, mountain people and obsidian in the Absaroka and Beartooth mountains of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, USA
Stone Tool Research at the End of the Millennium
The Bear Gulch Obsidian Source and its Pre-Contact Indigenous Use Across North America
Middle Woodland Ceramic Exchange in the Lower Illinois Valley
Ammonite Fossil from the Hopewell Mound Group
Archaeometry at the University of Missouri Research Reactor and the Provenance of Obsidian Artefacts in North America
Ritual Craft Specialists in Middle Range Societies
The Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, soapstone bowls and the Mountain Shoshone
Hydration Rate of Obsidian
Eastern North American Archaeology: A Summary
Science and Archaeology
Social Exchange and Interaction
Obsidian Source Analysis in Northwestern Wyoming
Experimentally Derived Hydration Rates in Obsidian Dating
Obsidian Hydration Dating Update
Identification of the Sources of Hopewellian Obsidian in the Middle West
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2026 (30) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |