K-Means and Temporal Variability in Kansas City Hopewell Ceramics

1975 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred E. Johnson ◽  
Ann S. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variability ◽  
Kansas City ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Missouri River ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Illinois River ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Clustering Technique ◽  
Illinois River Valley ◽  
The North

A temporal framework for the Kansas City Hopewell complex has been created by seriating rim sherds from four sites, within a 20-mile radius, in the Missouri River Valley to the north of Kansas City. Data used in the sedation are formal and decorative attributes of the rims. The k-means clustering technique, and an option which allows sherd locations in n-dimensional space to be plotted two-dimensionally, was used to generate the seriation. Tests of the seriation, as an essentially temporal ordering, are by means of stratigraphy, radiocarbon dates, and comparison with the ceramic sequence of the Illinois River Valley.

Historical and Contemporary Characteristics and Waterfowl Use of Illinois River Valley Wetlands

Wetlands ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua D. Stafford ◽  
Michelle M. Horath ◽  
Aaron P. Yetter ◽  
Randolph V. Smith ◽  
Christopher S. Hine
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
Illinois River ◽  
Illinois River Valley

Aztalan and the Northern Tier of a Cahokia Hinterland

2020 ◽  
pp. 107-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Lake Michigan ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Illinois River ◽  
Great Lakes Region ◽  
Upper Great Lakes ◽  
Illinois River Valley ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Western Shore ◽  
Central Illinois

Cahokia’s northern hinterland can be conceptualized as extending north from the central Illinois River valley into the western and upper Great Lakes region. The northern tier of this hinterland can be thought of as a region north of the Apple River area of northwest Illinois and south of a line extending east from the mouth of the St. Croix River to the western shore of Lake Michigan. This area includes a wide range of landscapes, biotas, and cultures and this diversity is mirrored in the Cahokia-related manifestations found throughout the region. This chapter provides a brief comparison of three northern tier sites/complexes including Trempealeau, Fred Edwards, and Aztalan in order to highlight the diversity of Mississippian-related occupations in the area.

scholarly journals Interpreting Topographic Map Evidence Related to Northeast Nebraska Barbed Tributaries and Drainage Routes, USA

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Eric Clausen
Keyword(s):  
Flow Direction ◽  
Missouri River ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Topographic Map ◽  
The South ◽  
Reversed Flow ◽  
The North ◽  
Flow Channels ◽  
Melt Water ◽  
Missouri River Valley

Northeast Nebraska barbed tributaries include north-oriented streams flowing to the south-oriented Missouri River and south-oriented streams flowing to the north-oriented Missouri River tributaries. Detailed topographic maps were used to determine how these northeast Nebraska drainage routes originated. A giant south-oriented supra-glacial melt water river is interpreted to have sliced an ice-walled and bedrock-floored canyon into a decaying ice sheet’s surface where eastern South Dakota’s east-facing Missouri Escarpment and west-facing Prairie Coteau escarpment are now located and to have flowed from that canyon’s mouth across northeast Nebraska while South Dakota’s north-facing Pine Ridge Escarpment is interpreted to be the south wall of a large east-oriented valley that was eroded headward across immense southeast-oriented ice-marginal melt water floods which had originally flowed across northeast Nebraska. Prior to Missouri River valley headward erosion these two different immense melt water floods created and then flowed across a low relief and low gradient northeast Nebraska topographic surface. Present day northeast Nebraska topography developed when the deep south-oriented Missouri River valley and its south-oriented tributary valleys eroded headward into this low relief and low gradient topographic surface. As the deep Missouri River valley eroded headward it beheaded shallow south-oriented flood flow channels supplying water to new and actively eroding south-oriented Missouri River tributary valleys and water on north ends of the beheaded channels reversed flow direction to move toward the much deeper Missouri River valley. Water still moving in south directions adjacent to these reversed flow channels was then captured leading to development of south-oriented tributaries to the north-oriented streams.

Contributions to the Archaeology of the Illinois River Valley

1942 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 466
Author(s):  
Fay-Cooper Cole ◽  
Frank C. Baker ◽  
James B. Griffin ◽  
Richard G. Morgan ◽  
Georg K. Neumann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
Illinois River ◽  
Illinois River Valley

Stopover duration of mallards during autumn in the Illinois River valley

2014 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 747-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heath M. Hagy ◽  
Aaron P. Yetter ◽  
Kirk W. Stodola ◽  
Michelle M. Horath ◽  
Christopher S. Hine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
Illinois River ◽  
Stopover Duration ◽  
Illinois River Valley

scholarly journals Foraging Ecology of Fall-Migrating Shorebirds in the Illinois River Valley

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. e45121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randolph V. Smith ◽  
Joshua D. Stafford ◽  
Aaron P. Yetter ◽  
Michelle M. Horath ◽  
Christopher S. Hine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foraging Ecology ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Illinois River ◽  
Illinois River Valley
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