Constructing Communities: A New Magnetometry Survey at the John Chapman Site

Summary

The John Chapman site is a mounded village that lies along the Apple River in northwestern Illinois. At approximately A.D. 1050, it appears that Mississippian migrants traveled to the area and interacted with the Late Woodland people already occupying the land. Previous excavations in the northern portion of the site revealed John Chapman people changing their ceramics to emulate Mississippian styles, while keeping their houses Late Woodland-like. Recent magnetometry surveys targeted central and southern portions of the site that revealed high concentrations of materials during walk-over surveys with the goal of comparing potential habitation sites to the ones excavated in the north. This poster will display the subsurface anomalies picked up during the survey and discuss what this can inform us about landscape usage and communities.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 22600