ANTH 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Glacial Kame Culture, Achondroplasia, Insead
18 Jan 2020
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At red ocher, glacial kame, orient, see evidence of long distance trade. Meadowood first to build artificial mounds, starts in western ny, 3000-2500 bp, not very large. Had expanded influence, munson springs site in ohio is meadowood. Adena, in ohio, maybe pick up mound building from or are descendents of meadowood, Continues to coexist with hopewell in some areas. Distinguished by isolated mounds of varying sizes. Bury people mostly in log tombs" in the mounds rather than cremation which pops up in hopewell. Start earthworks, the first ones are round, likely just from the construction of the mound, may be representative of the earth diver myth, makes mounds look like the tops of turtles. Eventually get free standing earthworks and complex mixes. Often have paired post structures underneath them, especially in kentucky, but also true in ohio may be a precursor to charnel houses in hopewell. Charnel house, a structure in which the dead are processed.
