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The Myer-Dickson Phase and Late Woodland in West-Central Illinois
The Myer-Dickson Phase and Late Woodland in West-Central Illinois
Michael D. ConnerIllinois State MuseumDickson Mounds Museum
Michael D. ConnerIllinois State MuseumDickson Mounds Museum
Dickson Mounds Exhibit Building ca. 1958
Current Museum
Main Myer-Dickson and Dickson Mounds Area
Excavated
Mortuary Area
Burial Distribution
Mississippian Features and Structures
Component N %
Indeterminate 242 61.3
Late Woodland 108 27.3
Mississippian 45 11.4
Total 429 100.0
Features by ComponentMain Area
Light Grit Dark Grit Both Total
Exterior Surface
N % N % N % N %
Indeterminate 1 50 1 50 2 100
Plain 1 14.3 4 57.1 2 28.6 7 100
Cordmarked or Smoothed CM
17 30.4 13 23.2 26 46.4 56 100
Total 19 29.2 17 26.2 29 44.6 65 100
Myer-Dickson VesselsSurface Treatment by Temper
Myer-Dickson Plain Rims
Vessel 67
Adams Tradition/Bauer Branch Sherds
InteriorExterior
Vessel 50
Lot 623Lot 1240
Myer-Dickson VesselLip and Upper Rim No Longer Attached
Vessel 1
Myer-Dickson Vessel
Vessel 2Vessel 5
Myer-Dickson Vessel
Vessel 66
Myer-Dickson Vessel
Vessel 67
Cross cut Exterior Interior Interior/Exterior Total
Decoration Type N % N % N % N % N %
Plain dowel 2 50 7 33.3 19 70.4 28 52.8
Cord-wrapped stick
11 52.4 6 22.2 17 32.1
Cord-impressed/plain
dowel1 100 1 1.9
Looped cord 1 4.8 1 1.9
Slit 2 50 1 4.8 2 7.4 5 9.4
V 1 4.8 1 1.9
Total 4 100 21 100 27 100 1 100 53 100
Myer-Dickson VesselsLip Decoration
Late Woodland Feature Examples
Component Count Mean Min Max
Indeterminate 215 89 1 913
Late Woodland
96 183 1 1,125
Mississippian 48 589 22 3,324
Feature Volume (l)
Component Sandstone Igneous
Indeterminate 4.2 3.9
Late Woodland 6.2 8.9
Mississippian 0.9 0.9
Rock Density (g/l)
Late Woodland Features
Late Woodland and Indeterminate Features
Late Woodland and Indeterminate Features
Late Woodland Koster Points
Steuben and Ansell Points
Late Woodland Side-Notched Points
Ceramic Component of Context
Indeterminate Late Woodland Mississippian Total
Type N % N % N % N %
Late Woodland
Ansell 3 15.8 3 5.3
Stueben 3 15.8 1 8.3 4 7.0
Koster 6 31.6 8 66.7 1 3.9 15 26.3
Klunk 1 5.3 3 25.0 1 3.9 5 8.8
Maple Mills 1 5.3 1 3.9 2 3.5
Total 14 73.7 12 100.0 3 11.5 29 50.9
Mississippian
Cahokia 3 15.8 8 30.8 11 19.3
Madison 2 10.5 15 57.7 17 29.8
Total 5 26.3 23 88.5 28 49.1
Total 19 100.0 12 100.0 26 100.0 57 100.0
Projectile Points
Adams Tradition/Bauer Branch Sherds
InteriorExterior
Vessel 50
Lot 623Lot 1240
Late Woodland Dates
Rench and Myer-Dickson Calibrated Radiocarbon Dates
Rench Plain
Rench Plain
Area Shaded ReliefMyer-Dickson
Bauer Branch and Myer-Dickson Calibrated Radiocarbon Dates
Maples Mills and Myer-Dickson Calibrated Radiocarbon Dates
Area Shaded ReliefMyer-Dickson
Sny Bottom Late Woodland and Myer-Dickson Calibrated Radiocarbon Dates
Fall Creek Cordmarked
Cross cut Exterior Interior Other Total
Type N % N % N % N % N %
Cord-wrapped stick
13 15.7 59 40.1 34 35.8 10 37.0 116 33.0
Jointed grass stem
20 24.1 44 29.9 19 20.0 3 11.1 86 24.4
Plain dowel 46 55.4 35 23.8 34 35.8 4 14.8 119 33.8
Other 4 4.8 9 6.1 8 8.4 10 37.0 31 8.8
Total 83 100.0 147 100.0 95 100.0 27 100.0 352 100.0
Fall Creek Cordmarked
Punctated and Cord
Impressed