John L. Buckner film of an Adena burial mound excavation
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1983.8.1
name: label: Creator
content: Buckner, John L.
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Kentucky
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky in 1983.
creator: label: Creator
content: Buckner, John L.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (23 minutes, black-and-white silent; 400 feet, 8mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1939
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Adena Burial Mound Excavation ca. 1939."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1983.08
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 documenting the archaeology of the Wright burial mound, a middle to late Adena culture site in Eastern Kentucky. This large-scale mound excavation was made possible by a work crew provided by the Works Progress Administration. The film shows archaeological methodology, particularly in the manner of excavation through arbitrary stratigraphic levels. Documented are artifacts including an arrowhead, a bead necklace, and presumably other, as yet unidentifiable, prestige goods. Also includes footage of the excavation of a human burial and the associated burial goods.

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