16 Multidisciplinary Research Techniques in Geoarchaeology—Human Interaction with the Landscape

Monday, 18 April 2016
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Alma Mater Room

MISSISSIPPIANIZATION IN THE WABASH VALLEY: CERAMIC PROVENANCE USING PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE

Paper number: 16-3
Program: Theme Sessions
Time: 2:10 PM – 2:30 PM

Authors

Abstract

The Wabash Valley in Western Indiana contains several sites with a sequence termed the Vincennes phase. The Vincennes phase is important because it occurrs during the end of the Late Woodland and the Early Mississippian periods, thus giving insight into the transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a sedentary one. By tracing the provenance of ceramics found in the Vincennes phase, it is possible to determine the levels of trade and manufacture occurring during this transition.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 5

doi: 10.1130/abs/2016NC-275565

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