Ceramics, Chronology, and Horizon Markers at Wickliffe Mounds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2575628 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kit W Wesler (Murray State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 278-290 |
| Publication date | 1991-04-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/281419 |
| OpenAlex | W2051134606 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 5 |
The area around the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers has become a sharp focus of discussion about late Mississippian developments. The debate largely is based on the presence or absence of artifacts thought to be protohistoric or contact period horizon markers. Late deposits at Wickliffe Mounds (15BA4) have produced two such artifacts: astragalus dice and a head-effigy pot. Close study of the ceramic sequence and associated radiocarbon dates indicates that both 'horizon markers' belong to the late prehistoric period of western Kentucky, and that neither can settle the debate about protohistoric occupation
Archaeology · Art · Biology · Chronology · Geography · Horizon · Period (music) · Prehistory · Projectile point · Radiocarbon dating · Sequence (biology) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Geology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
Recent trends in the archaeology of the southeastern United States
Current Research on Late Precontact Societies of the Midcontinental United States
Microartifact Analysis and Site Formation of a Mississippian House Floor at Wickliffe Mounds, Kentucky
The Wickliffe Mounds Project
Dogs of War
Volatile Climate Conditions Cahokia
The Vacant Quarter Revisited
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2016 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |