American Indian Ways of Life: An Interpretation of the Archaeology of Illinois and Adjoining Areas
by Thorne Deuel
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Chapters (33)
- BOARD OF ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM ADVISORS
- AMERICAN INDIAN WAYS OF LIFE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- TABLE II. RADIOCARBON DATES[1]
- PALEO-INDIANS, BIG GAME HUNTERS, DISCOVER A NEW WORLD (50,000? to 8,000? B.C.)[5]
- ARCHAIC MAN, FIRST SETTLER IN ILLINOIS (8000 to 2500 B.C.)[6]
- If Archaic Man Was Like Present-Day Archaic Tribes[8]
- CULTURES AND CULTURAL CHANGE
- THE INITIAL WOODLAND CULTURES[9] (2500-500 B.C.)
- THE FOOD STORERS (BAUMER AND CRAB ORCHARD CULTURES) (1000?-100 B.C.?)
- THE HOPEWELLIAN CIVILIZATION[12] (500 B.C.-500 A.D.)
- THE DARK AGE IN ILLINOIS—FINAL WOODLAND (200 to 900 A.D.)
- Final Woodland Archaeology
- A SECOND PLANT-RAISING CIVILIZATION—THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIANS (1000-1500 A.D.)
- UNDER-DEVELOPED NEIGHBORS—THE UPPER MISSISSIPPIANS (1100?-1600 A.D.)
- THE ILLINOIS OR ILLINI[17] (1550?-1833 A.D.)
- Dress
- Economy
- Marriage Customs and the Family
- Political Organization
- Raids
- Trade
- Religion
- Art
- Archaeology of the Illini
- THE INDIANS LEAVE ILLINOIS
- SUMMARY OF ILLINOIS PREHISTORY
- GLOSSARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNITS
- FOOTNOTES
- STORY OF ILLINOIS SERIES.
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