Publication Date
1982
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
First Advisor
Springer, James W.
Degree Name
M.A. (Master of Arts)
Legacy Department
Department of Anthropology
LCSH
Prehistoric peoples--Illinois; Indians of North America--Illinois--Commerce; Illinois--Antiquities
Abstract
Excavations and surface collections from the Apple River in Jo Daviess County, Illinois show that .the area was occupied since the very early Holocene, about 10,000 years ago. This work focuses upon the nature of trading relationships which were established during the Late Archaic beginning about 2,000 B.C. and ending with the Late Woodland occupation of the river by Effigy Mound people about 1,000 A.D. It is shown that the incipient trade associations had relevance to an understanding of later occupation of the Nickerson Focus on the Galena River by Hopewell culture traders. The effects of this occupation are then shown in the nature of the lithic technology of subsequent cultures which were effected by technological innovations brought to the area by the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Recommended Citation
Janssen, William A., "The prehistory of the Apple River, Northwestern Illinois : the Late Archaic and the Late Woodland" (1982). Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations. 6100.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allgraduate-thesesdissertations/6100
Extent
ix, 150 pages
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Rights Statement 2
NIU theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from Huskie Commons for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without the written permission of the authors.
Media Type
Text
Comments
Includes bibliographical references.||Includes illustrations and maps.