L. C. Northrup film of Craig Mound excavation, Spiro Site, Oklahoma
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1985.2.1
name: label: Creator
content: Northrup, L. C. (Lawerence C.)
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Oklahoma
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
label: Topic
content: Burial
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the Florida State Museum in 1985.
creator: label: Creator
content: Northrup, L. C. (Lawerence C.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (8 minutes, black-and-white silent; 200 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Craig Mound Excavation, Spiro Site, Oklahoma 1936."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1985.02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot of a Works Progress Administration supported excavation in the, now, Spiro Mounds State Park. Excavations documented center around the Craig Mound and its "Great Mortuary." Film records recently exposed human burials focusing on platform burial remains. Good detail is given to the designs found on shell fragments as well as certain burials. Also recorded are ear flares, pot sherds, beads, projectile points, and carved shell artifacts.

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