The Wade Site: Evidence for Long-Distance Trade Networks in the Southern Piedmont of Virginia
Author(s): Brian Bates
Year: 2019
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Located in the southern region of the Virginia Piedmont, the Randy K. Wade site (44CH62) is identified as a Late Woodland, Amerindian community which exhibits expected pit storage technology, boundary features, and material culture (Dan River Series ceramics, diagnostic lithics, dietary remains). However, high-status mortuary treatments and the village’s central plaza layout are atypical for comparable temporal regional sites. This poster examines hypotheses that suggest an unusual complexity in exchange networks for both material goods and ideology.
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The Wade Site: Evidence for Long-Distance Trade Networks in the Southern Piedmont of Virginia. Brian Bates. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 449650)
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Keywords
General
Mortuary Analysis
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Trade and exchange
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Woodland
Geographic Keywords
North America: Southeast United States
Spatial Coverage
min long: -93.735; min lat: 24.847 ; max long: -73.389; max lat: 39.572 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 22815