Twelfth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology: Report On the Mound Explorations of the Bureau of Ethnology

Author(s): J. W. Powell; Cyrus Thomas

Year: 1894

Summary

The Twelfth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology contains J. W. Powell's description of the Bureau's plans and operations in the fiscal year 1890 - 1891. The majority of the report is Cyrus Thomas' accompanying paper entitled "Report on the Mound Explorations of the Bureau of Ethnology." Thomas documents the Bureau's directive to examine the mounds constructed throughout the Midwest and Eastern Woodlands, from the Southeast north to the Great Lakes region. His report describes mounds in the Mississippi River valley, from Minnesota southward; the Gulf States, from Mississippi eastward; and the Appalachian areas, from North Carolina north to New York. It also contains observations on the over 40,000 artifact specimens collected during the mound explorations.

Cite this Record

Twelfth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology: Report On the Mound Explorations of the Bureau of Ethnology. J. W. Powell, Cyrus Thomas. Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology ,12. Washington, DC: Government Printing office. 1894 ( tDAR id: 376852) ; doi:10.6067/XCV83R0S5S

URL: http://archive.org/details/bureauofethnology00thomrich


Keywords

Culture
Hopewell • Late Archaic • Mississippian • Woodland

Material
Basketry • Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Hide • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Metal • Mineral • Shell • Textile • Wood

Site Type
Ancient Earthwork • House Mound • Mound / Earthwork • Platform Mound • Shell Mound • Shell Ring

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Ethnographic Research • Reconnaissance / Survey

Spatial Coverage

min long: -100.811; min lat: 27.839 ; max long: -73.301; max lat: 49.781 ;

Notes

General Note: Digitization Sponsor: MSN; University of California Libraries

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