TY - JOUR
T1 - The Aker site (23PL43)
T2 - Lithic economy and ritual aggregation among the Kansas City Hopewell
AU - Pugh, Daniel
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - The Aker site (23PL43) is a Kansas City Hopewell village site situated on the floodplain at the confluence of the Platte and Missouri Rivers. This unusual placement and evidence for periodic flooding raise questions about site use. Traditional models for Hopewell settlement in the East suggest that regional exchange centers were placed in such precarious locations to facilitate the movement of trade goods along major waterways. More recent models focus on "sacred landscapes" and the necessity of periodic aggregation among middle range societies. The present study examines the possibility that the Aker site played a role in one of these systems, with particular reference to the site's lithic assemblage.
AB - The Aker site (23PL43) is a Kansas City Hopewell village site situated on the floodplain at the confluence of the Platte and Missouri Rivers. This unusual placement and evidence for periodic flooding raise questions about site use. Traditional models for Hopewell settlement in the East suggest that regional exchange centers were placed in such precarious locations to facilitate the movement of trade goods along major waterways. More recent models focus on "sacred landscapes" and the necessity of periodic aggregation among middle range societies. The present study examines the possibility that the Aker site played a role in one of these systems, with particular reference to the site's lithic assemblage.
KW - Exchange
KW - Kansas City Hopewell
KW - Lithic typing
KW - Middle Woodland
KW - Ritual aggregation
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U2 - 10.1080/2052546.2001.11932034
DO - 10.1080/2052546.2001.11932034
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748811548
VL - 46
SP - 269
EP - 282
JO - Plains Anthropologist
JF - Plains Anthropologist
SN - 0032-0447
IS - 177
ER -