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Honey Or Vinegar: Oneota Interaction In The Central And Northeastern Plains, Benjamin Shirar
Honey Or Vinegar: Oneota Interaction In The Central And Northeastern Plains, Benjamin Shirar
Culminating Projects in Cultural Resource Management
Abstract
Beginning AD 1150 and extending until European contact, the archaeological culture referred to as “Oneota” underwent an explosive spread across the American midcontinent. As Oneota ideas, people, or some combination thereof moved westward, they encountered people from other cultures. Along the western frontier of Oneota culture, evidence suggests that relations between Oneota and Plains indigenes took a variety of forms. To better understand how various environmental and cultural factors may have informed the decision-making process with regard to inter-group interaction, four sites along this western Oneota periphery were selected for analysis: Shea and Sprunk in eastern North Dakota, White …