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A Statistical Determination of the Black Sand Occupation at the Macoupin Site, Jersey Co., Illinois

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Frank Rackerby
Frank Rackerby*
Affiliation:
University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
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Abstract

Small quantities of Early Woodland ceramics and knives were identified in a collection excavated from a predominantly Middle Woodland (Havana-Hopewell phase) occupation site in the lower Illinois Valley. Using simple statistical significance tests, hypotheses generated by the vertical and horizontal distribution of these items are tested. The results confirm an earlier observation that Black Sand phase sites tend to be located on a particular soil type, and that the Dickson knife co-occurs with Black Sand ceramics.

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American Antiquity , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 1973 , pp. 96 - 101
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1973

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