Publication Date
1988
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
First Advisor
Markman, Charles W.
Degree Name
M.A. (Master of Arts)
Legacy Department
Department of Anthropology
LCSH
Land settlement patterns; Prehistoric--Illinois--Chicago Region; Prehistoric peoples--Illinois--Chicago Region
Abstract
In the present study, the settlement history of the Chicago Lake Plain is investigated. The archaeological database from the Lake Calumet and Calumet City quadrangles of southern Cook County, Illinois, is analyzed. The discussion is divided into three chapters: Chapter One is an overview of the environmental history of the lake plain, including physical geography, vegetational and climate shifts, and the dynamic lake-level fluctuations; Chapter Two examines the regional prehistory and the archaeological database; and Chapter Three presents the results of inferential manipulation of environmental variables that generate a predictive model of prehistoric site placement. The settlement strategies of Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian inhabitants are inferred.
Recommended Citation
Craig, Joseph, "Prehistoric occupation of the Chicago Lake Plain : predictive modeling of settlement location" (1988). Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations. 4483.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allgraduate-thesesdissertations/4483
Extent
80 pages
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Rights Statement 2
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Media Type
Text
Comments
Bibliography: pages [75]-80.