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Birch Lake Burial Mound Group, Elden Johnson, Martin Q. Peterson, Jan E. Streiff
Birch Lake Burial Mound Group, Elden Johnson, Martin Q. Peterson, Jan E. Streiff
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
Five small prehistoric burial mounds located near Birch Lake on Prairie Island in Goodhue county of southeastern Minnesota were excavated in 1968. The secondary burial of adults in shallow pits and unaccompanied by mortuary offerings follows widespread prehistoric patterns in the upper Mississippi valley. The mortuary pottery vessel buried with the single primary burial suggests construction of the mounds during the period of initial Mississippian cultural intrusion, perhaps shortly after 1,000 A.D.
Ceramic Analysis Of The Blackduck Ware And Its General Cultural Relationships, G. Edward Evans
Ceramic Analysis Of The Blackduck Ware And Its General Cultural Relationships, G. Edward Evans
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
The present paper involves the ceramic analysis section of a more comprehensive study relating to the seven most extensively excavated Blackduck focus sites in Minnesota. The pottery from the sites analyzed falls into three ware categories: the Blackduck ware, the Laurel or Rainy River ware, and a third unidentified ware. The Blackduck ware, which is the one with which we are primarily concerned, has been generally described by Lloyd A. Wilford several times (1941, 1955). His description of the pottery may be taken as a general ware description, although there are several details that need clarification. The· ware may be …