Woodland culture
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the prehistoric culture of eastern North America which extended to the eastern Great Plains and existed ca. 1000 B.C.-ca. 1000 A.D. prior to contact with European influences.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Trade and exchange of jasper in Central Maryland and Washington, D.C. during the Early and Middle Woodland, 2015
Item — Call number MU Thesis Kni
Identifier: b7636812
Abstract
Throughout the Paleo, Archaic, and Woodland trade and exchange of exotic or highly knappable materials was present throughout North America. One item of trade significance to the Middle Atlantic is chert, specifically jasper. Jasper is iron-rich, cryptocrystalline rock that is deposited in between limestone and/or sandstone, or it originated within gravel deposits from glacial or tributary movement. Access to jasper as a knappable material was from the quarries that are located in...
Dates:
2015