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Although archaeological geology generally involves the application of geological methods to archa... more Although archaeological geology generally involves the application of geological methods to archaeological research questions, recent research on earthquake-induced paleoliquefaction in Indiana provides an example off archeological methods applied to geological questions. Surveys in 1990-1992 have documented numerous paleoliquefaction features in Holocene-age alluvial sediments in the Wabash Valley region of southwestern Indiana that resulted from strong-earthquake shaking. A combination of archaeological and geological dating is critical to the study of prehistoric earthquakes in this region, where evidence of surface faulting is absent. Both direct dating and cross-dating are being used to develop a chronology for stratigraphic sequences within the alluvial facies of the Martinsville Formation. Temporally diagnostic artifacts and archaeological features such as hearths add significantly to the traditional array of datable samples from strata that underlie, overlie, or are penecont...
Professional Paper, 1993
We have discovered hundreds of planar, nearly vertical sand-and gravel-filled dikes that we inter... more We have discovered hundreds of planar, nearly vertical sand-and gravel-filled dikes that we interpret to have been caused by earthquake-induced liquefaction in the Wabash Valley of southern Indiana and Illinois. These dikes range in width from a few centimeters to as much as 2.5 meters. The largest dikes are centered about the general area of Vincennes, Ind.; they decrease in size and abundance to the north and south of this area. Preliminary studies indicate that it is highly possible that many, if not all, of the dikes were formed by a single large earthquake that took place in the Vincennes area sometime between 1,500 and 7,500 years ago. The severity of ground shaking required to have formed the observed dikes far exceeds the strongest level of shaking of any earthquake in the Central United States since the 1811-12 New Madrid earthquakes. Our engineering-seismologic analysis, based on comparison of liquefaction effects with those of historic earthquakes in the Central and Eastern United States, indicates that the moment magnitude of the prehistoric earthquake was on the order of 7.5.
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Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 1998
Particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) spectrometry is being used to nondestmctively determine th... more Particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) spectrometry is being used to nondestmctively determine the elemental composition of copper-based artifacts excavated from prehistoric/protohistoric sites in the Ohio River Valley. Copper objects from Caborn-Welbom (CW) and ...
Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, 2015
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American Anthropologist, 1989
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SAA archaeological record, 2003
Información del artículo In memoriam : James H.Kellar: James H.Kellar.
North American Archaeologist, 1980
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Mississippian Settlement Patterns, 1978
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the Mississippian settlement patterns in southwestern In... more Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the Mississippian settlement patterns in southwestern Indiana. Willey's Viru Valley study and Winters' Wabash Valley study have demonstrated the value of settlement pattern data for facilitating inferences about the character of prehistoric society and culture that are not readily observable in archaeological record. Archaeological research spanning 80 years can be brought together to describe the areal settlement patterns of two Mississippian phases in the Ohio River Valley of southwestern Indiana and the adjacent portions of Kentucky: the Angel phase and the Caborn–Welborn phase. Special problems that are discussed in the chapter include (1) the question of the ethnicity of the late prehistoric–protohistoric Caborn–Welborn phase; (2) the strength and nature of the relationship that existed among the five large village sites of the Caborn–Welborn phase; (3) the continuity or discontinuity that existed between the Caborn–Welborn and Angel phase occupations; and (5) the relationship of the Angel phase to the Yankeetown phase and the nature of the initial Mississippian emergence in the study area.
Although archaeological geology generally involves the application of geological methods to archa... more Although archaeological geology generally involves the application of geological methods to archaeological research questions, recent research on earthquake-induced paleoliquefaction in Indiana provides an example off archeological methods applied to geological questions. Surveys in 1990-1992 have documented numerous paleoliquefaction features in Holocene-age alluvial sediments in the Wabash Valley region of southwestern Indiana that resulted from strong-earthquake shaking. A combination of archaeological and geological dating is critical to the study of prehistoric earthquakes in this region, where evidence of surface faulting is absent. Both direct dating and cross-dating are being used to develop a chronology for stratigraphic sequences within the alluvial facies of the Martinsville Formation. Temporally diagnostic artifacts and archaeological features such as hearths add significantly to the traditional array of datable samples from strata that underlie, overlie, or are penecont...
Professional Paper, 1993
We have discovered hundreds of planar, nearly vertical sand-and gravel-filled dikes that we inter... more We have discovered hundreds of planar, nearly vertical sand-and gravel-filled dikes that we interpret to have been caused by earthquake-induced liquefaction in the Wabash Valley of southern Indiana and Illinois. These dikes range in width from a few centimeters to as much as 2.5 meters. The largest dikes are centered about the general area of Vincennes, Ind.; they decrease in size and abundance to the north and south of this area. Preliminary studies indicate that it is highly possible that many, if not all, of the dikes were formed by a single large earthquake that took place in the Vincennes area sometime between 1,500 and 7,500 years ago. The severity of ground shaking required to have formed the observed dikes far exceeds the strongest level of shaking of any earthquake in the Central United States since the 1811-12 New Madrid earthquakes. Our engineering-seismologic analysis, based on comparison of liquefaction effects with those of historic earthquakes in the Central and Eastern United States, indicates that the moment magnitude of the prehistoric earthquake was on the order of 7.5.
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Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 1998
Particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) spectrometry is being used to nondestmctively determine th... more Particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) spectrometry is being used to nondestmctively determine the elemental composition of copper-based artifacts excavated from prehistoric/protohistoric sites in the Ohio River Valley. Copper objects from Caborn-Welbom (CW) and ...
Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, 2015
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American Anthropologist, 1989
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SAA archaeological record, 2003
Información del artículo In memoriam : James H.Kellar: James H.Kellar.
North American Archaeologist, 1980
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Mississippian Settlement Patterns, 1978
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the Mississippian settlement patterns in southwestern In... more Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the Mississippian settlement patterns in southwestern Indiana. Willey's Viru Valley study and Winters' Wabash Valley study have demonstrated the value of settlement pattern data for facilitating inferences about the character of prehistoric society and culture that are not readily observable in archaeological record. Archaeological research spanning 80 years can be brought together to describe the areal settlement patterns of two Mississippian phases in the Ohio River Valley of southwestern Indiana and the adjacent portions of Kentucky: the Angel phase and the Caborn–Welborn phase. Special problems that are discussed in the chapter include (1) the question of the ethnicity of the late prehistoric–protohistoric Caborn–Welborn phase; (2) the strength and nature of the relationship that existed among the five large village sites of the Caborn–Welborn phase; (3) the continuity or discontinuity that existed between the Caborn–Welborn and Angel phase occupations; and (5) the relationship of the Angel phase to the Yankeetown phase and the nature of the initial Mississippian emergence in the study area.