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Analyzing the Arkansas River Caddoan Cultural Landscape
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Comparison of the constructed cultural landscape of the Arkansas River basin has resulted in the recognition of quantitative as well as qualitative differences that can be discussed in respect to the four basic forms previously identified (Figure 2). Table 1 presents the quantitative expression of these differences.
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ǡǤ ͳͻͷ ǡǤNewsletter of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society ͷ ȋ͵ȌǣǦǤ ͳͻͶ ǡǤNewsletter of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society ʹʹȋͺȌǣǦͻǤ ͳͻʹ The Harlan Site, Ck-6, A Prehistoric Mound Center in Cherokee County, Eastern Oklahoma. Ǥʹǡ Ǥ ͳͻͺͶ ǣ Ǥ Prehistory of OklahomaǡǤ ǡǤʹʹͳǦʹ͵ͻǡ ǡǤ
ǡ ͳͻ The Plantation Site: An Early Caddoan Settlement in Eastern Oklahoma. ǡ ͵Ǥ
ǡǤ ͳͻͻ ǣǡ ǤCaddoan Archeology NewsletterȋͳȌǣͳǦʹǤ ʹͲͲ ǣǤ Caddo ArchaeologyͳͷǣͶͳǦͷͺǤ ʹͲͲͺ ǣǤ ͷ ǡǤ
ǡ ͳͻͺͶ ǣǤ Prehistory of OklahomaǡǤǡ ǤʹͶͳǦʹ͵ǡ ǡǤ ͳͻͻ The Spiro Ceremonial Center. ǡ ǡ ʹͻǡǤ
ǡ ǤǡǤǡ Ǥ ͳͻͺ Ǥ Mississippian Settlement Patternsǡ ǤǡǤͳͻǦʹͲͲǤ ǡǤ ǡ ǤǡǤǡǤ ͳͻͻͷ ǣØǫPlains Anthropologist ͶͲǣʹʹ͵Ǧʹ͵Ǥ
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ǡ Ǥ ͳͻͺ Archaeological Investigations at Wister Lake, Le Flore County, Oklahoma. ǡ ͳǤ
ǡ ͳͻͶͲ ǡ ǤOklahoma Prehistorian ͵ȋͳȌǣʹǦ ͻǤ
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ǡ ͳͻͷ A Resurvey and Assessment of the Prehistoric Resources of Wister Lake, Le Flore County, Oklahoma. Ǥͳͷǡ ǡǤ ǡ Ǥ ͳͻͺͲ The Habiukut of Eastern Oklahoma. Parris Mound, Part I, Phase I: An Archaeological Report. ǡǤ͵Ǥ ǡ ͳͻͶͷ The Eufaula Mound, Oklahoma: Contribution of the Spiro Focus. ǡ ǡ Ǥ
ǡǤ ͳͻͳͲ ȋȌǤThe Archaeological Bulletin ʹǣͻʹǦͻ͵ǡ ǡ Ǥȋ ͵ȋͶȌǣͶǦͷȌ
ǡǤ ʹͲͲͻ ǣ Ǥ Classics in Texas Archeology, Volume 1: Caddo ArcheologyǡǡǤǡǤͷǦͳͺǤ ǡ Ǥ
ǡ Ǥ ʹͲͲ Archaeological Investigations in Spiro’s Hinterlands: Testing of the Lee Creek Ceremonial Center Site (34SQ12), Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. ǡ Ǥ ǡǤ ͳͻͲ The Prehistory of Delaware County, Oklahoma: Cultural Continuity and Change on the Western Ozark Periphery. ǤǤǡ ǡǤ
ǡ Ǥ ͳͻͺ Ǥ ϐǡ ǡǤ ͳͻͺʹ Spiro Archaeology: 1980 Research. ǡǯͻǤ ͳͻͺʹ Spiro Archaeology: The Plaza. ǡǯͳͲǤ ǡ Ǥ ʹͲͲͶ Ǥ Handbook of North American Indians: SoutheastǡǤ ǡǤ ͳǦ͵ʹǤ ǡǤǤ
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ǡǤ ͳͻͺʹ Spiro and Fort Coffee Phases: Changing Cultural Complexes of the Caddoan Area. ǤǤǡ ǡǤ
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