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All rights reserved. U-M-I 300 N. Zeeb Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48106 PWCnnETM)USE%tS THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT RECEIVED BY U.M.I. CONTAINED PAGES WITH PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH MAY NOT REPRODUCE PROPERLY. THIS REPRODUCTION IS THE BEST AVAILABLE COPY. MORTUARY VARIABILITY IN THE MIDDLE BIG DARBY DRAINAGE OF CENTRAL OHIO BETWEEN 300 B.C. AND 300 A.D. Volume I DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosphy in the Graduate School of the Ohio State University By Bruce Warren Aument, B.A., M.A. ***** The Ohio State University 1990 Dissertation Committee: Approved By W.S. Dancey P.W. Sciulli / ------- Advisor A. Zaharlick Department of Anthropology Copyright by Bruce W. Aument 1990 To My Wife, Pam, and Son Geoff Now maybe daddy can be a fun guy again. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My sincere appreciation goes to Dr. William S. Dancey for his patience and insightful guidance throughout the research and to Dr. Paul Sciulli, who turned an archaeologist into a physical anthropologist. Gratitude is expressed to Martha Otto and Brad Baker, Department of Anthropology, The Ohio Historical Society, Inc. and to the Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University for access to the site collections and archives. To Don Bier, for word processing, the production of this document would not have been possible without your assistance. Thanks go to my colleagues at Archaeological Services Consultants, Inc. for their moral support and use of the facilities. To my family, words cannot repay your devotion and sacrifices over the past few years. in VITA Personal Information Name: Bruce Warren Aument Birthdate: May 4, 1953 Education 1975 Bachelor of Arts Capital University, Columbus, Ohio 1975-1976 Graduate Studies Universidad de las Americas, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico 1978 Master of Arts The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Publications Aument, Bruce W. 1985 Results of the Boyd County Mounds Project and the Preliminary Interpretation of Prehistoric Mortuary Variability. In Woodland Period Research in Kentucky. Edited by D. Pollock, T.N. Sanders, and C.D. Hockensmith, pp. 63-84. Kentucky Heritage Council, Frankfort, KY. 1986 Archaeological Investigations of the Viney Branch, Brisbin, and Davis Sites, Boyd County, Kentucky. Archaeological Report Cultural122, Resource Assessment Program, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington. Sciulli, P.W., and B.W. Aument 1987 Paleodemography of the Duff Site (33-LO-lll), Logan County, Ohio. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 12(1):117-144. Sciulli, P.W., Aument, and Piotrowski, L.P. 1982 The Williams (33-Wo-7a) Red Ocher Cemetery: Preliminary Descriptive and Comparative Analysis of acquired Dental Pathology. Pennsylvania Archaeologist 52(3-4): 17-24. Sciulli, P.W., L.R. Piotrowski, and B.W. Aument 1983 The Williams (33Wo7a) Red Ocher Cemetery: Preliminary Investigation of Stature. Pennsylvania Archaeologist 53(l-2):42-46. IV Delivered Papers Preliminary Report on the Test Excavations at the Clarence Ford Site (33-FA-81), Fairfield County, Ohio. Ohio Valley Archaeology Conference, Lexington, Kentucky. August, 1981. The Wehrle Mound Explorations: History and Results. Midwestern Archaeological Conference, Cleveland, Ohio. October 1982. Results of the Boyd County Mound Salvage Project 1984 and the Interpretation of Mortuary Variability. Second Annual Kentucky Heritage Council Conference on Kentucky Archaeology: The Woodland Period. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. March 9-10, 1985. Paleopathology of Early Woodland Adenal Skeletal SAmples in the Darby Creek Area. 63rd Annual Meeting, Central States Anthropological Society, Columbus, Ohio. April 3-5, 1987. Fields of Studv Major Field: Anthropology: Variability in mortuary behavior. Human osteology and paleodemography Culture Area Specialization: Eastern North American prehistory Other Areas of Interest: Site formation processes. Regional settlement pattern analysis. Aerial photo interpretation or archaeology, Lithic use-wear analysis TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION............................................................................................................................... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.......................................................................................................... VITA ................................................................................................................................................ LIST OF TABLES...................................................................................................................... v LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... LIST OF PLATES ........................................................................................................................ x CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1 The Research Problem ..................................................................................... 2 Problems of Previous Mortuary Studies in Central O hio ............................ 3 The Approach of the Present Study ............................................................... 7 II. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES....................................................................... 12 Overview of the Adena Mortuary Culture Concept ................................... 14 Development of the Adena Mortuary Culture Concept ........................... 26 Overview of Recent Mortuary Studies ........................................................ 62 Approach of the Present Study .................................................................... 78 III. REGION AND MOUND SETTINGS .................................................................. 84 Environmental Setting .................................................................................... 93 Previous Archaeological W ork ...................................................................... 98 Mound Descriptions .................................................................................... 107 IV. FEATURE DESCRIPTIONS .............................................................................. 121 Elongated Narrow Rectangular P its .......................................................... 127 Circular/Broad Subrectangular Burial Depression ................................ 133 Circular/Broad Subrectangular Pit .......................................................... 161 Redeposited Cremation Pile ...................................................................... 174 Mound Floor Burial .................................................................................... 179 Mound Fill B urial ......................................................................................... 182 vi Burnt Earth Deposit on Mound Floor ..................................................... 182 Burnt Earth Deposit in Mound Fill ......................................................... 184 Postmold ....................................................................................................... 184 V, BURIAL DESCRIPTIONS................................................................................. 186 McMurray Mound I Burials ........................................................................ 188 Sidner Mound I ............................................................................................. 207 Sidner Mound I I ........................................................................................... 221 Hambleton Mound Burials ........................................................................ 242 Galbreath Mound Burials .........................................................................