Abstract
The relationships and distinctions between Oneota tradition groups in southern Minnesota are not well understood. Two contemporaneous phases of the Oneota tradition in southern Minnesota, the Blue Earth and Spring Creek, which date, minimally, to the 14th and early 15th centuries, are represented by clusters of sites along the Blue Earth River Valley (the Center and Willow Creek localities) and near the junction of the Mississippi and Cannon rivers (the Red Wing region). This thesis attempts to address some basic questions with regards to the differences and similarities between Spring Creek and Blue Earth phase groups in terms of end scraper and lithic raw material use. Macromorphological end scraper attributes that relate to material choice, core reduction, tool modification, maintenance, use, and discard are measured and compared. Experimental, ethnographic, and theoretical sources, as well as corollary measurements of end scrapers from two Woodland tradition sites, are used to identify and interpret relevant similarities and differences between end scrapers from Blue Earth and Spring Creek phase sites.
Advisor
Ronald C. Schirmer
Committee Member
Kathleen T. Blue
Committee Member
Stephen J. Stoynoff
Committee Member
Dan Wendt
Date of Degree
2018
Language
english
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
Program of Study
Applied Anthropology
College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Anderson, J. B. (2018). A macromorphological analysis of end scrapers from sites associated with two phases of the Oneota tradition, the Blue Earth and Spring Creek, in Southern Minnesota [Master’s thesis, Minnesota State University, Mankato]. Cornerstone: A Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works for Minnesota State University, Mankato. https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/etds/1250/
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