Title: Late prehistoric agriculture : observations from the Midwest /
Authors: Woods, William I.
Publisher: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Agriculture, Prehistoric Middle West Congresses.; Indians of North America Agriculture Middle West Congresses.; Indians of North America Middle West Antiquities Congresses.; Paleobotany Congresses.; Mississippian culture Middle West Congresses.; Excavations (Archaeology) Middle West Congresses.; Middle West Antiquities Congresses.
Contents: The eastern horticultural complex and Mississippian agricultural fields / Melvin L. Fowler -- "Newer," "better" maize and the Mississippian emergence / Gayle J. Fritz -- Spatial and temporal variability in Mississippian subsistence / Neal H. Lopinot -- Prehistoric field systems in the upper Midwest / James P. Gallagher -- Morbidity, mortality, and the adaptive success of an Oneota population from west-central Illinois / George R. Milner -- The impact of maize on the development of nucleated settlements / John E. Kelly -- The Mississippian dispersed village as a social and environmental strategy / Thomas E. Emerson -- Before there was a cornbelt / William E. Doolittle.