American Indian Ways of Life: An Interpretation of the Archaeology of Illinois and Adjoining AreasDeuel, Thorne
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American Indian Ways of Life: An Interpretation of the Archaeology of Illinois and Adjoining Areas
Deuel, Thorne
Illinois -- Antiquities; Indians of North America -- Illinois
AZTALAN: The site of a Middle Phase fortified village with mounds in
Jefferson County, Wisconsin, in the Cahokia Subculture. It was
investigated by the Milwaukee Public Museum. See S. A. Barrett in
Bibliography.
BARB: A projection or shoulder near the base of the blade of a spear,
dart or arrowhead that serves to retain it in a wound and to
stimulate bleeding. One of a number of “backward” projections on a
harpoon that serves a similar purpose.
BAST: The inner bark (phloem) of a tree.
BREECH CLOTH or CLOUT: An article of clothing consisting of a narrow
band or fold of cloth or skin that passes around the waist and
between the legs.
BURIAL MOUND: Any man-made hill or knoll erected primarily to enclose
the dead.
CACHE: A deposit of a large number of artifacts in a grave or, in
general, a number of artifacts found together in the earth.
CALUMET: See note, page 48.
CELT: An ungrooved stone or copper hatchet head.
CHIEF: An official selected and formally installed in office by some
social process who exercises civil authority by virtue of office.
CHIPPING: See Flaking.
CHOPPER: Generally any tool used for chopping, hewing, or hacking.
Specifically, a chipped flint tool roughly hatchet shaped. Some hand
choppers have the edge of the blade paralleling the longer axis of
the piece.
CHUNKEY STONE: A polished stone disk that was used as a bowl in various
types of games.
CIVILIZATION: See note, page 26.
CLASSIC: The term used in this paper to designate the phase to which the
Hopewellian Civilization of the Woodland pattern belongs.
CLOVIS POINT: A type of leaf-shaped spearhead with a longitudinal groove
(channel or fluting) generally extending one fourth to one half the
length of the piece from its base toward its tip.
CLUB: An adaptation of a stick for a weapon or a tool for hurling
(throwing stick) or battering (war club). The war club is often
weighted with a stone head for greater effectiveness. It differs
from the tomahawk in that it has no cutting edge.
CONCHOIDAL FRACTURE: The property of flint and certain other stones when
struck with a hammer of chipping away in flakes which leave concave
or shell-like scars or hollows. By suitable control methods, tool
and weapon heads of desired types can be produced.
CONOIDAL or CONICAL BASE: The characteristic pointed base of Woodland
pots.
CRAB ORCHARD: A division of the Baumer subculture.
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