A Multifaceted Approach to Understand the Late Prehistoric Transition in the Maumee River Valley of Northwestern Ohio

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Late Woodland-Late Prehistoric transitional period of Northwestern Ohio (ca. AD 1250) has been the subject of much debate in past decades. Both the details and cause of Upper Mississippian influence in the Western Lake Erie region currently remain unclear. My project focuses on a 3-mile span of the First Rapids of the Maumee River floodplain, where I combine reanalysis of previous excavations at three significant sites with new, minimally-invasive fieldwork methods and petrographic analysis of pottery. With these methods, changes in settlement and ceramic-making will be investigated to understand actual causes of this cultural transition. This poster will discuss preliminary findings from the implemented multifaceted approach.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 37541.0