Ohio Archaeology: An Illustrated Chronicle of Ohio's Ancient American Indian Cultures, Bradley T. Lepper's 2005 survey from Orange Frazer Press, is the standard synthesis of the Ohio valley earthwork sequence written by a curator at the Ohio History Connection with decades of fieldwork in the region. Its authority rests on that direct excavation and curatorial experience, including the origin of terms like Adena and Hopewell as nineteenth century landowners' names rather than the builders' own names for themselves. Its limit is that it is a general illustrated survey rather than a technical monograph on any one site. Cite it for the regional sequence and terminology; a claim about a specific site's excavation needs that site's own report.
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Bradley T. Lepper's Ohio Archaeology: An Illustrated Chronicle of Ohio's Ancient American Indian Cultures, published by Orange Frazer Press in 2005, the top tier reflecting the standard synthesis of the Ohio valley earthwork sequence written by a curator at the Ohio History Connection with decades of fieldwork in the region. Its limit is that it is a general illustrated survey rather than a technical monograph on any one site; cite it for the regional sequence and terminology, and a claim about a specific site's excavation needs that site's own report. NotesThe standard synthesis of the Ohio valley earthwork sequence, including the origin of the labels Adena and Hopewell as nineteenth-century landowners' names.
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AuthorBradley T. Lepper
PublisherOrange Frazer Press
Publication Year2005
Source TypeBook (popular)
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