Burial Ceremonialism at Sugar Run Mound (36WA359), a Hopewellian Squawkie Hill Phase Site, Warren County, Pennsylvania

McConaughy, Mark A.

doi:10.1179/mca.2011.004

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“…Further afield in western New York and Pennsylvania, Ritchie (1944:128–132) suggested that the local Point Peninsula focus exhibited a degree of influence from Hopewell groups to the west. This influence appears to increase through time, culminating in what he referred to as the Squawkie Hill phase (Ritchie 1980) known primarily from burials and mounds (e.g., Carpenter 1950, 1956; McConaughy 2011; McConaughy and Johnson 2003; Ritchie 1937). Materials considered diagnostic of the Squawkie Hill phase include exotic goods such as copper and silver, marine shell, pearls, Flint Ridge (Ohio) chalcedony, curved-base pipes of Ohio fireclay, and mica (Ritchie 1937:183–185).…”

Section: Mica and The Middle Woodland Component At Abbott Farmmentioning

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Geochemical Analysis of Mica Source Specimens and Artifacts From the Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark (28me1)

Boulanger

Lattanzi²,

Roush

et al. 2017

Am. Antiq.

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The Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark is one of the more significant Woodland-period sites in the Northeast. Numerous Hopewellian cultural traits (copper artifacts, cremated burials, exotic cherts, and mica) have been identified at the site. Numerous potential geological sources for the mica artifacts exist in the Mid-Atlantic region. We explore two analytical methods to evaluate the most likely geological sources of the mica artifacts. Source and artifact specimens were analyzed using pXRF as well as neutron activation. Our pXRF data are suggestive, but show high analytical uncertainty. We make several recommendations relevant to future attempts that would use this kind of instrument to study sheet mica. Our neutron activation results are promising and suggest that geochemical sourcing of mica has much potential. Results of both assays suggest that most of the artifact specimens recovered from Abbott Farm share a similar chemistry, and this composition is very similar to mica from southeastern Pennsylvania. A cut-and-drilled pendant exhibits a chemical makeup distinctly different from all other artifacts and source specimens evaluated here. Although our results are preliminary, the application of modern analytical methods to extant archaeological collections has the potential to provide significant new information.

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Section: Mica and The Middle Woodland Component At Abbott Farmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Geochemical Analysis of Mica Source Specimens and Artifacts From the Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark (28me1)

Boulanger

Lattanzi²,

Roush

et al. 2017

Am. Antiq.

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More Souls in Flight: Ritual Dramas of Death Journeys through the Above Realm(s) of Hopewellian and Adena Societies Beyond the Scioto

Carr

2021

Being Scioto Hopewell: Ritual Drama and Personhood in Cross-Cultural Perspective

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Mississippian, Effigy Mound Complex, and Georgia Woodland Bird-Persons and Bird Effigies: A Comparison to Adena and Hopewellian Cases

Carr

2021

Being Scioto Hopewell: Ritual Drama and Personhood in Cross-Cultural Perspective

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Burial Ceremonialism at Sugar Run Mound (36WA359), a Hopewellian Squawkie Hill Phase Site, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Geochemical Analysis of Mica Source Specimens and Artifacts From the Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark (28me1)

Geochemical Analysis of Mica Source Specimens and Artifacts From the Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark (28me1)

More Souls in Flight: Ritual Dramas of Death Journeys through the Above Realm(s) of Hopewellian and Adena Societies Beyond the Scioto

Mississippian, Effigy Mound Complex, and Georgia Woodland Bird-Persons and Bird Effigies: A Comparison to Adena and Hopewellian Cases

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