Archeology of the Medicine Crow Site Complex (39BF2), Buffalo County, South Dakota

摘要

Excavations were conducted in 1957 and 1958 by the Smithsonian Institution River Basin Surveys(SIRBS) at the Medicine Crow archaeological site, Buffalo County, South Dakota. Volume 2 of 2 contains appendix data for the full report. All or portions of 22 earthlodges and many other features were excavated in village-age parts of the site. Multivariate analysis of pottery attributes and many other data sets leads to the conclusion that village-age samples are best treated as two coeval occupations, one each in Areas A and C. Both are assigned to the Talking Crow phase of the Post-Contact Coalescent variant, dated ca. A.D. 1740-1760. Villagers' technology was much influenced by the fur trade. Area B excavations revealed several components dated 3000-8000 B.P. and assigned to all periods of the Archaic. The Logan Creek complex is best represented.