Shifting the Interpretation of Ohio Hopewell Copper Use
Author(s): Mark Seeman; Kevin Nolan; Mark Hill
Year: 2017
Summary
The dramatic uses of copper by Ohio Hopewell social networks have been studied for over one hundred years and have resulted in a diversity of archaeological perspectives. Our recent physiochemical study of particular Hopewell artifact classes is the most extensive to date and has resulted in source identifications that require that extant models be revised in light of our findings. Particular attention will be given to the implications that: 1) a diversity of Lake Superior outcrops were utilized; 2) the use of sources along the "Mica Road" to the southern Appalachians has been demonstrated for the first time: and 3) that copper source usage clearly differed from other recently sourced exotic Ohio Hopewell materials, notably silver and pipestone.
Cite this Record
Shifting the Interpretation of Ohio Hopewell Copper Use. Mark Seeman, Kevin Nolan, Mark Hill. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. 2017 ( tDAR id: 431780)
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Keywords
General
Copper
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exotica
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Social Networks
Geographic Keywords
North America - Midwest
Spatial Coverage
min long: -104.634; min lat: 36.739 ; max long: -80.64; max lat: 49.153 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 15573