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Cox, an Archaic Site in the Ozarks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Marvin E. Tong Jr.
Marvin E. Tong Jr.*
Affiliation:
Ozarks Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological SocietySpringfield, Missouri
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Proposed Construction of Table Rock Dam and Reservoir on White River in southwestern Missouri threatens with destruction a vast region of unique and important archaeological remains in the rugged Ozarks region. Every indication of prehistoric life both within the actual reservoir area and its perimeter is of extreme importance in reconstructing human activities of the region in ages past. Because of its geographical location, the Ozarks region is most promising from an archaeological standpoint. Bounded on the east by the Mississippi River, on the north by the Missouri River, and on the west by the Great Plains, the Ozarks were probably in prehistoric times a melting pot for a great many cultural traditions. The Ozark Bluff Dweller culture, with its apparent early agriculture, is only one of the many problems that need a great amount of additional work within this area. Recent investigations by the University of Missouri indicate that the history of man within the Ozarks may very well go back to a time comparable with some of the earliest occupations of the Great Plains.

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Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , October 1954 , pp. 124 - 129
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1954

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