The incorporation of Mississippian traditions into Fort Ancient societies: A preliminary view of the shift to shell-tempered pottery use in the middle Ohio Valley

Southeastern Archaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-237

  Cook, Robert A ^a   Fargher, Lane F ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; HIATUS; MISSISSIPPIAN; PETROGRAPHY; SHELL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 60849120449     PISSN: 0734578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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