Michael Scullin | Minnesota State University, Mankato (original) (raw)
Graduated from Cornell University in 1967 with major in Natural History. Graduate school in anthropology at U of IL C/U in 1969 with further graduate work in Geography at the U of MN. Research in prehistoric horticulture in the North Central states and have maintained an experimental Hidatsa garden since 1976. Currently working on books based on the fieldwork of Gilbert L. Wilson (from 1909-1918). Also working with ethnobotany of people living in and near the northern Great Plains.
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Anthropology News, Nov 1, 1974
Anthropology News, Sep 1, 1973
Plains Anthropologist, Feb 1, 1989
The northern flint corn complex prevailed at the northern limits of prehistoric horticulture from... more The northern flint corn complex prevailed at the northern limits of prehistoric horticulture from the Atlantic coast to the junction of the Yellowstone River with the Missouri River in what is now west-central North Dakota. This complex appears to have its antecedents in ...
Plains Anthropologist, 1989
The northern flint corn complex prevailed at the northern limits of prehistoric horticulture from... more The northern flint corn complex prevailed at the northern limits of prehistoric horticulture from the Atlantic coast to the junction of the Yellowstone River with the Missouri River in what is now west-central North Dakota. This complex appears to have its antecedents in ...
Plains Anthropologist, 2005
Experimental garden plots were maintained for three growing seasons on a sandy river terrace in s... more Experimental garden plots were maintained for three growing seasons on a sandy river terrace in southern Minnesota. Commonly cited yield figures for corn in Midwestern Native American gardens were tested using heirloom Northern Flint seed cultivated in a manner approximating pre-Contact horticulture. Yield was about 40 bushels/acre in the first year, declining over the next two years. Yields were considerably higher every year than historically reported averages. The test plots consisted of combinations of monocropped corn, monocropped beans, and intercropped corn and beans to determine whether there is any benefit to growing corn, beans, and squash together. No advantage in yield was found with intercropped corn, beans, and squash when planted as described in historical accounts and under the conditions of the test location. Corn was also grown both in hills and in ridges to test various hypotheses regarding the practical application of this horticultural technology.
**Author's note: Conclusions in this paper were altered by the editor.
Plains Anthropologist, 2005
Experimental garden plots were maintained for three growing seasons on a sandy river terrace in s... more Experimental garden plots were maintained for three growing seasons on a sandy river terrace in southern Minnesota. Commonly cited yield figures for corn in Midwestern Native American gardens were tested using heirloom Northern Flint seed cultivated in a manner ...
Anthropology News, Nov 1, 1974
Anthropology News, Sep 1, 1973
Plains Anthropologist, Feb 1, 1989
The northern flint corn complex prevailed at the northern limits of prehistoric horticulture from... more The northern flint corn complex prevailed at the northern limits of prehistoric horticulture from the Atlantic coast to the junction of the Yellowstone River with the Missouri River in what is now west-central North Dakota. This complex appears to have its antecedents in ...
Plains Anthropologist, 1989
The northern flint corn complex prevailed at the northern limits of prehistoric horticulture from... more The northern flint corn complex prevailed at the northern limits of prehistoric horticulture from the Atlantic coast to the junction of the Yellowstone River with the Missouri River in what is now west-central North Dakota. This complex appears to have its antecedents in ...
Plains Anthropologist, 2005
Experimental garden plots were maintained for three growing seasons on a sandy river terrace in s... more Experimental garden plots were maintained for three growing seasons on a sandy river terrace in southern Minnesota. Commonly cited yield figures for corn in Midwestern Native American gardens were tested using heirloom Northern Flint seed cultivated in a manner approximating pre-Contact horticulture. Yield was about 40 bushels/acre in the first year, declining over the next two years. Yields were considerably higher every year than historically reported averages. The test plots consisted of combinations of monocropped corn, monocropped beans, and intercropped corn and beans to determine whether there is any benefit to growing corn, beans, and squash together. No advantage in yield was found with intercropped corn, beans, and squash when planted as described in historical accounts and under the conditions of the test location. Corn was also grown both in hills and in ridges to test various hypotheses regarding the practical application of this horticultural technology.
**Author's note: Conclusions in this paper were altered by the editor.
Plains Anthropologist, 2005
Experimental garden plots were maintained for three growing seasons on a sandy river terrace in s... more Experimental garden plots were maintained for three growing seasons on a sandy river terrace in southern Minnesota. Commonly cited yield figures for corn in Midwestern Native American gardens were tested using heirloom Northern Flint seed cultivated in a manner ...