LIST OF FIGURES ................................................ ix
LIST OF TABLES ............................................... xiii
PREFACE ........................................................ xv
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................. 1
Objectives ................................................... 2
Environmental and Cultural Setting ........................... 3
2. PREVIOUS CULTURE-HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS .................. 9
Description and Early Classification Period (1883-1945) ...... 9
Salvage Archeology and Culture History Period (1945-1970) ... 10
Contract Archeology and Cultural Ecology Period
(1970-Present) .............................................. 11
3. METHODS OF DATING ........................................... 17
Ceramic Ordination .......................................... 17
Applications in the Middle Missouri Subarea .............. 17
Initial Middle Missouri ............................... 18
Extended Middle Missouri .............................. 19
Initial Coalescent .................................... 19
Extended Coalescent ................................... 19
Post-Contact Coalescent ............................... 20
Knife Region and Related Areas ........................ 21
Methodological Considerations ............................ 22
Theoretical Considerations ............................... 26
Correspondence Analysis .................................. 28
Dendrochronological Dating .................................. 31
Radiocarbon Dating .......................................... 31
Site Stratigraphy ........................................... 34
Euro-American Trade Materials ............................... 35
Historic Documentation ...................................... 35
Oral Traditions ............................................. 36
Historical Linguistics ...................................... 36
Craniometric Distance ....................................... 36
4. DATA ACQUISITION ............................................ 39
Descriptive Rim Sherd Categories ............................ 45
Radiocarbon Samples ......................................... 49
Field Sampling Strategies ................................... 51
5. RADIOCARBON DATING RESULTS
Stanley A. Abler, Craig M. Johnson, Herbert Haas, and
Georges Bonani .............................................. 53
Review of Criteria for Sample Selection ..................... 53
Mechanics of Sample Selection and Processing ................ 54
Evaluation of Results of the Radiocarbon Dating Program ..... 57
Sites with Complex or Extensive Date Series .............. 67
Helb (39CA208) (Extended Middle Missouri) ................ 67
Jake White Bull (39C06) (Extended Middle Missouri) ....... 68
Lower Grand (39COH) (Extended Coalescent) ................ 70
Walth Bay (39WW203) (Extended Coalescent) ................ 71
Sommers (39ST56) (Initial Middle Missouri) ............... 72
Huff (32M011) (Terminal Middle Missouri) ................. 73
Other Dated Initial Middle Missouri Sites ................... 73
Jones Village (39CA3) (Initial Middle Missouri) .......... 73
Fay Tolton (39ST11) (Initial Middle Missouri) ............ 74
Jandreau (39LM225) (Initial Middle Missouri) ............. 74
Dodd (39ST30) (Initial Middle Missouri)................... 74
Pretty Head В (39LM232) (Initial Middle Missouri) ........ 75
Cattle Oiler (39ST224) (Initial Middle Missouri) ......... 75
Jiggs Thompson В (39LM208) (Initial Middle Missouri) ..... 75
Other Dated Extended Middle Missouri Sites .................. 75
Havens (32EM1) (Extended Middle Missouri) ................ 75
Paul Brave (32SI4) (Extended Middle Missouri) ............ 76
Vanderbilt Village (39CA1) (Extended Middle Missouri) .... 76
Calamity Village (39DW231) (Extended Middle Missouri) .... 76
Sully School (39SL7) (Extended Middle Missouri) .......... 76
Cheyenne River (39ST1) (Extended Middle Missouri) ........ 76
Black Widow Ridge (39ST203) (Extended Middle Missouri) ... 77
Terminal Middle Missouri Sites .............................. 77
Shermer (32EM10) (Terminal Middle Missouri) .............. 77
Initial Coalescent Sites .................................... 78
Arzberger (39HU6) (Initial Coalescent) ................... 78
Lynch (25BD1) (Initial Coalescent) ....................... 78
Other Extended Coalescent Sites ............................. 78
Demery (39C01) (Extended Coalescent) ..................... 78
Potts Village (39C019) (Extended Coalescent) ............. 79
Meander (39LM201) (Extended Coalescent) .................. 79
Hosterman (39P07) (Extended Coalescent) .................. 79
Sully (39SL4) (Extended Coalescent) ...................... 79
Over's La Roche (39ST9) (Extended Coalescent) ............ 80
Sites Not Dated by the Plains Village Dating Program ........ 80
Broken Kettle West (13PM25) (Initial Middle Missouri-Great
Oasis) ................................................... 80
Williams (13PM50) (Initial Middle Missouri-Great
Oasis) ................................................... 81
Larsen (13PM61) (Initial Middle Missouri-Great Oasis) ....... 81
Cambria (21BE2) (Initial Middle Missouri-Cambria) ........... 81
Jones (21BE5) (Initial Middle Missouri-Cambria) ............. 81
Price (21BE25) (Initial Middle Missouri-Cambria) ............ 81
Great Oasis (21MU2/17) (Initial Middle Missouri-Great
Oasis) ...................................................... 81
Packer (25SM9) (Initial Middle Missouri-Great Oasis) ........ 81
Crow Creek (39BF11) (Initial Middle Missouri, Initial
Coalescent) ................................................. 81
Swanson (39BR16) (Initial Middle Missouri) .................. 82
Arp (39BR101) (Initial Middle Missouri) ..................... 82
Mitchell (39DV2) (Initial Middle Missouri) .................. 82
St. John (39HU213) (Initial Middle Missouri-Great Oasis) .... 82
Bloom (39HS1) (Initial Middle Missouri) ..................... 82
Twelve Mile Creek (39HT1) (Initial Middle Missouri) ......... 82
King (39LM55) (Initial Middle Missouri) ..................... 83
Antelope Dreamer (39LM146) (Initial Middle Missouri) ........ 83
Langdeau (39LM209) (Initial Middle Missouri) ................ 83
Heath (39LN15) (Initial Middle Missouri-Great Oasis) ........ 83
Over's La Roche С (39ST9) (Initial Middle Missouri) ......... 83
Breeden (39ST16) (Initial Middle Missouri, Post-Contact
Coalescent) ................................................. 83
Eagle Feather (39ST228) (Initial Middle Missouri) ........... 83
Stony Point (39ST235) (Initial Middle Missouri, Post-Contact
Coalescent) ................................................. 83
Clark's Creek (32ME1) (Extended Middle Missouri) ............ 84
White Buffalo Robe (32ME7) (Extended Middle Missouri) ....... 84
Bendish (32M02) (Extended Middle Missouri) .................. 84
32M0291 (Unclassified/Transitional Extended Middle
Missouri-Terminal Middle Missouri) .......................... 84
Cross Ranch (320L14) (Extended Middle Missouri) ............. 84
Fire Heart Creek (32SI2) (Extended Middle Missouri) ......... 84
Ben Standing Soldier (32SI7) (Extended Middle Missouri) ..... 84
South Cannonball (32SI19) (Extended Middle Missouri) ........ 85
Travis I (39C0213) (Extended Middle Missouri) ............... 85
Indian Creek (39ST15) (Extended Middle Missouri) ............ 85
Ketchen (39ST223) (Extended Middle Missouri) ................ 85
Durkin (39ST238) (Extended Middle Missouri) ................. 85
Whistling Elk (39HU242) (Initial Coalescent) ................ 86
Elbee (32ME408) (Extended Coalescent-Related) ............... 86
Molstad (39DW234) (Extended Coalescent) ..................... 86
McClure (39HU7) (Extended Coalescent) ....................... 86
Little Pumpkin (39HU97) (Extended Coalescent) ............... 86
Bowman (39HU204) (Extended Coalescent) ...................... 86
39SL24 (Extended Coalescent) ................................ 86
Eagle Feather (39ST228) (Extended Coalescent) ............... 86
Bower's La Roche (39ST232) (Extended Coalescent) ............ 86
Rattlesnake Keeper (39LM160) (Post-Contact Coalescent) ...... 86
Ghost Lodge (39ST20) (Post-Contact Coalescent) .............. 87
Summary of Carbonized Sherd Residue Dating .................. 87
Summary of Plains Village Dating Program Results ............ 87
Dates from Plains Village Dating Sites ................... 88
Dates from Non-Plains Village Dating Sites ............... 89
6. CERAMIC ORDINATION RESULTS .................................. 91
Great Oasis ................................................. 91
Taxonomy ................................................. 91
Origins .................................................. 92
Internal Development ..................................... 92
Demise ................................................... 93
Radiocarbon Dates ........................................ 93
Analysis ................................................. 93
Craniometric Distance .................................... 97
Initial Middle Missouri ..................................... 98
Taxonomy ................................................. 98
Origins .................................................. 98
Internal Development ..................................... 99
Demise .................................................. 100
Radiocarbon Dates ....................................... 101
Analysis ................................................ 101
Craniometric Distance ................................... 108
Extended and Terminal Middle Missouri ...................... 109
Taxonomy ................................................ 109
Origins ................................................. 109
Internal Development .................................... 111
Demise .................................................. 111
Radiocarbon Dates ....................................... 112
Analysis ................................................ 113
Craniometric Distance ................................... 118
Initial Coalescent ......................................... 119
Taxonomy ................................................ 119
Origins ................................................. 119
Internal Development .................................... 120
Demise .................................................. 120
Radiocarbon Dates ....................................... 120
Analysis ................................................ 122
Craniometric Distance ................................... 122
Extended Coalescent ........................................ 124
Taxonomy ................................................ 124
Origins ................................................. 124
Internal Development .................................... 125
Demise .................................................. 125
Radiocarbon Dates ....................................... 126
Analysis ................................................ 126
Craniometric Distance ................................... 137
Post-Contact Coalescent .................................... 137
Taxonomy ................................................ 137
Origins ................................................. 139
Internal Development .................................... 139
Demise .................................................. 140
Radiocarbon and Dendrochronological Dates ............... 140
Analysis ................................................ 141
Craniometric Distance ................................... 147
Post-Contact Microstylistic Variation ...................... 158
Dating the Plains Village Pattern Variants ................. 163
7. SETTLEMENT HISTORY ......................................... 167
Period 1 (ad 1000-1100) .................................... 168
Period 2 (ad 1100-1200) ................................... 172
Period 3 (ad 1200-1300) .................................... 174
Period 4 (ad 1300-1400) .................................... 178
Period 5 (ad 1400-1500) .................................... 178
Period 6 (ad 1500-1550) .................................... 185
Period 7 (ad 1550-1600) .................................... 188
Period 8 (ad 1600-1650) .................................... 191
Period 9 (ad 1650-1700) .................................... 191
Period 10 (ad 1700-1750) ................................... 194
Period 11 (ad 1750-1785) ................................... 197
Period 12 (ad 1785-1830) ................................... 199
Period 13 (ad 1830-1886) ................................... 202
8. FUTURE RESEARCH ............................................ 203
Chronological Issues ....................................... 203
Great Oasis ............................................. 203
Initial Middle Missouri ................................. 204
Extended and Terminal Middle Missouri ................... 206
Initial Coalescent ...................................... 207
Extended Coalescent ..................................... 208
Post-Contact Coalescent ................................. 209
Woodland to Plains Village Transition ...................... 211
Subsistence-Settlement Systems ............................. 212
Lithic Technology .......................................... 215
Ceramic Technology ......................................... 217
Bone Tool Technology ....................................... 217
Cultural Interaction ....................................... 218
Euro-American Trade Impacts on Native Tool Technologies .... 219
Subtribal Ethnic Identities ................................ 219
Human Skeletal Remains ..................................... 220
Mitigation of Continuing Site Destruction .................. 220
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................... 223
APPENDIX A: CERAMIC DATA MATRICES ............................. 227
APPENDIX B: CROSS REFERENCE OF DESCRIPTIVE RIM SHERD CATEGORIES
AND CERAMIC TYPES ............................................. 245
APPENDDC C: TABLES OF RADIOCARBON DATES ....................... 277
APPENDIX D: DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL DATES ......................... 295
REFERENCES .................................................... 299
INDEX ......................................................... 321
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