Caves and Culture : 10,000 Years of Ohio History

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958145003321
• Autore: Spurlock Linda B
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ashland, : Kent State University Press, 2014
• ISBN: 1-63101-061-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): PruferOlaf H; PigottThomas R
• Disciplina: 977.1/01
• Soggetti: Caves -- Ohio -- History; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ohio; Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Antiquities; Ohio -- Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Significance of Prehistoric Caves -- Chapter 1: The Caves and Rockshelters of Ohio in Retrospect -- Chapter 2: The Stow Rockshelter in Summit County, Ohio: The Archaeology and History of Investigations, 1952-2000 -- Chapter 3: Peters Cave: A Multicomponent Rockshelter in Ross County, Ohio, 1964 -- Chapter 4: Hendricks Cave and Late Archaic Mortuary Practices in Ohio: 1964-97 -- Chapter 5: Chesser Cave: A Late Woodland Phase in Southeastern Ohio, 1965-72 -- Chapter 6: Wheelabout Cave, Vinton County, Ohio: 1966 -- Chapter 7: Stanhope Cave, Jackson County, Ohio: 1966-71 -- Chapter 8: Raven Rocks, Belmont County, Ohio: 1969-70 -- Chapter 9: Stricker Rocks, Knox County, Ohio: 1970-71 -- Chapter 10: Gillie Rockshelter, Summit County, Ohio: 1971 -- Chapter 11: Wise Rockshelter, Jackson County, Ohio: 1971 -- Chapter 12: Millwood Rockshelters, Knox County, Ohio: 1971-96 -- Chapter 13: White Rocks, Monroe County, Ohio: 1974 -- Chapter 14: Krill Cave, Summit County, Ohio: 1974-75 -- Chapter 15: Rockshelters in the Lower Killbuck Valley, Holmes and Coshocton Counties, Ohio: 1982-88 -- Chapter 16: Additional Caves and Rockshelters -- Chapter 17: Historical Cave Occupation -- Conclusion: Ohio Caves and Rockshelters, from Prehistory to History -- ; Contributors -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: A collection of the last forty years of research on Ohio s caves and rocksheltersCaves and Culture seeks to address a number of important problems, specifically the use of rockshelters by humans through time and transcontinental continuities. It presents new and updated, unreported research from such Ohio caves and rockshelters as Stow Rockshelter (Stow), Peters Cave (Ross County), Hendricks Cave (Wyandotte County), and Chesser Cave (Athens), among others.Caves and Culture is primarily focused on the archae