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Mud Wasp Nests as Markers of Middle Holocene House Structures in the Central Mississippi Valley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

James J. Krakker
James J. Krakker*
Affiliation:
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 ([email protected])
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Abstract

Lumps of burned clay recovered from the Lepold site (23RI59) include four mud wasp nests deposited 5500 to 6200 BP. or perhaps slightly earlier. These provide indirect evidence of structures at the site. Existence of structures would be consistent with intensive occupation and increased occupation episode length evident at this site and elsewhere in the central Mississippi valley during the Middle Holocene.

Resumen

Resumen

Los terrones de la arcilla quemada se recuperaron del sitio de Lepold (23R159) incluyen la avispa del fango cuatro que las jerarquías depositaron el punto de ebullición 5500 a 6200 o quizás levemente anterior. Éstos proporcionan la evidencia indirecta de estructuras en el sitio. La existencia de estructuras sería constante con la ocupación intensiva y la longitud creciente del episodio de la ocupación evidentes en este sitio y a otra parte en el valle central de Mississippi durante el centro Holoceno.

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American Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 4 , October 2012 , pp. 800 - 807
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 2012

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