Archaeology

The Emergence of the Moundbuilders

The Archaeology of Tribal Societies in Southeastern Ohio

Edited by AnnCorinne Freter and Elliot M. Abrams

Native American societies, often viewed as unchanging, in fact experienced a rich process of cultural innovation in the millennia prior to recorded history. Societies of the Hocking River Valley in southeastern Ohio, part of the Ohio River Valley, created a tribal organization beginning about 2000 bc.…

Available October 2008 (est.)

Transitions

Archaic and Early Woodland Research in the Ohio Country

Edited by Martha P. Otto and Brian G. Redmond

The late archaic and early woodland peoples lived in the Ohio region between 5,000 and 2,000 years ago. This was a time of transition, when hunters and gatherers began to grow native seed crops, establish more permanent settlements, and develop complex forms of ritual and ceremonialism, sometimes involving burial mound construction.…