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Archaeology And The Public: Exploring Popular Misconceptions, Tamara Rakestraw, Amy Reynolds
Archaeology And The Public: Exploring Popular Misconceptions, Tamara Rakestraw, Amy Reynolds
Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal
To understand how the public views archaeology and uncover the sources of their perceptions, this paper summarizes the interviews of 58 Fayetteville area high school and college students from the Fall (2000). Using standard ethnographic techniques, including prepared questionnaires and open-ended conversation, we identified several trends in the public's perceptions of archaeology and have developed some hypotheses to account for them. As the Society for American Archaeology has only recently begun to understand, to better educate the general public about archaeology it is important to identify and understand the sources of these misconceptions. For more than a century, Hollywood, book …
Methodology For Analysis Of Diet Grit Size On Molar Attrition For Fourche Maline And Caddo People, Judith C. Stewart, Mary L. Powell, J. C. Rose
Methodology For Analysis Of Diet Grit Size On Molar Attrition For Fourche Maline And Caddo People, Judith C. Stewart, Mary L. Powell, J. C. Rose
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Using the Murphy (1959) system for scoring the degree of dentin exposure, Fourche Maline (Woodland) molars show a greater attrition rate than Caddo (Mississippian) molars. Archeological evidence suggests that this differential in attrition rates is caused by the use of stone grinders for food preparation in the Fourche Maline culture and their absence among the Caddo. Analysis of scratches on the occlusal surface of molars from these samples confirms this hypothesis. Several techniques for observing these scratches and reconstructing the grit sizes and grit particle frequencies responsible for this differential abrasion are evaluated.
Site Abandonment And The Archaeological Record: An Empirical Case For Anticipated Return, Charles M. Baker
Site Abandonment And The Archaeological Record: An Empirical Case For Anticipated Return, Charles M. Baker
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Cultural formation processes of abandonment are examined in light of recently discovered hammerstone caches at an aboriginal novaculite quarry site. De facto refuse formation is shown to vary according to the conditions under which site abandonment took place.
Mississippian Communities In The St. Francis Basin: A Central Place Model, Timothy C. Klinger
Mississippian Communities In The St. Francis Basin: A Central Place Model, Timothy C. Klinger
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
The development of Mississippian settlement models for northeast Arkansas is reviewed. It is argued that a five-tier central place hierarchy best accounts for the variability currently known to exist among Mississippian communities in the St. Francis basin.
Collection Of Dalton Points From Yell County, Arkansas, Robert L. Brooks
Collection Of Dalton Points From Yell County, Arkansas, Robert L. Brooks
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
The hypothesis that projectile points serve functions other than use as a head for a missile was examined by Morse and Goodyear in regard to Dalton points. The writer reexamined this hypothesis in light of a significant collection of Dalton points from Yell County, Arkansas, and further substantiates the hypothesis formulated by Morse and tested by Goodyear.
Historical Archaeology In Arkansas, Patrick E. Martin
Historical Archaeology In Arkansas, Patrick E. Martin
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Profiling Techniques In Archaeology, Stephen E. Adams
Profiling Techniques In Archaeology, Stephen E. Adams
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Archeological Investigation Of Bayou Bartholomew, 1969, Martha Ann Rolingson
Archeological Investigation Of Bayou Bartholomew, 1969, Martha Ann Rolingson
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Archeological investigation along Bayou Bartholomew in Ashley County was initiated with the primary objective of establishing a chronological sequence of prehistoric cultures. This paper reports the first season of fieldwork. Emphasis was placed on locating sites and obtaining adequate surface collections while only two sites were tested. The different types of sites and their relationship to the Bayou Bartholomew channels are discussed. Prehistoric occupations from four general periods are outlined, including late Archaic, early to middle Woodland, late Woodland and Mississippi.
Classification Of Some European Trade Beads From Louisiana And Mississippi, John B. Huner
Classification Of Some European Trade Beads From Louisiana And Mississippi, John B. Huner
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
The sources of trade beads found in archeological sites in North American may be discovered through a system of bead classification. Typology should be based on shape, size, materials, color and translucency, decoration, and method of manufacture. A chronology can then be established. Ethnological data may reveal European contact and intertribal trade.
Reconstruction Of An Arkansas Hopewellian Panpipe, Gloria A. Young
Reconstruction Of An Arkansas Hopewellian Panpipe, Gloria A. Young
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Panpipes have been found in North America only on Hopewell sites. A particularly well preserved specimen from the Helena Crossing Site was described by James A. Ford. From this description a reconstruction which produced a true octave was made from native cane. Since the panpipe is a more primitive instrument than the flutes in use during Hopewell florescence, it is postulated that this instrument was used by shamans in the cult of ancestor worship.
Eddy Bluff Shelter Of Beaver Reservoir Of Northwest Arkansas, James D. Morrison
Eddy Bluff Shelter Of Beaver Reservoir Of Northwest Arkansas, James D. Morrison
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Type-Variety Concept: A Possible Indicator Of Diffusion And Culture Areas, John B. Huner
Type-Variety Concept: A Possible Indicator Of Diffusion And Culture Areas, John B. Huner
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Controlled Surface Collection At The Spinach Patch Site, Franklin County, Arkansas, Michael P. Hoffman
Controlled Surface Collection At The Spinach Patch Site, Franklin County, Arkansas, Michael P. Hoffman
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
This paper discusses the technique of controlled surface collection as an interpretative aid at the Spinach Patch site, 3FR1, a prehistoric village site in Ozark Reservoir. The research involved was made possible through a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service, Southeast Region.
Implications Of Land And Fresh-Water Gastropods In Archeological Sites, John W. Clark Jr.
Implications Of Land And Fresh-Water Gastropods In Archeological Sites, John W. Clark Jr.
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Experiments In Aerial Photography, Dan Printup
Experiments In Aerial Photography, Dan Printup
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Skeletal Analysis Of Three Bluff Shelter Burials, H. Eugene Hickman Jr.
Skeletal Analysis Of Three Bluff Shelter Burials, H. Eugene Hickman Jr.
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Lower Jaw As A Diagnostic Aid In The Identification Of Mammals, Robert S. Chase
Lower Jaw As A Diagnostic Aid In The Identification Of Mammals, Robert S. Chase
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Eocene Flora Of Northern Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas, Ellis Doyle Herron
Eocene Flora Of Northern Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas, Ellis Doyle Herron
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Arkansas' Position In Eastern United States Archaeology, Lynn E. Howard
Arkansas' Position In Eastern United States Archaeology, Lynn E. Howard
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.