Midwest and Plains Archaeology by Tom Thiessen
Alfred W. Bowers’ work epitomized the direct historical approach in Plains anthropology. Bowers i... more Alfred W. Bowers’ work epitomized the direct historical approach in Plains anthropology. Bowers integrated archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnology in his studies of the tribes of the Middle Missouri subarea. Yet his archaeological and historical research and interpretations have not been widely recognized. Bowers’ 1948 dissertation, A History of the Mandan and Hidatsa, and associated collections, have only recently become easily accessible. Bowers’ dissertation employed oral history and tradition, ethnohistoric accounts, and archaeological data to develop accounts of Mandan and Hidatsa history supportedby independent lines of evidence. The culture-historical system he developed for Mandan and Hidatsa prehistory and history is a valuable framework for structuring and understanding Middle Missouri archaeology and cultural sequences and relationships. We review Bowers’ career, assess the significance of his work, and discuss the associated collections and their research potential.
Papers by Tom Thiessen
Western Historical Quarterly, 1987
Plains Anthropologist, May 1, 1987
Plains Anthropologist, Nov 1, 1975
Eleven radiocarbon dates from the Helb site (39CA208) in north-central South Dakota are presented... more Eleven radiocarbon dates from the Helb site (39CA208) in north-central South Dakota are presented and interpreted by techniques recently advanced by other authors. The results appear to substantiate two occupations of the site, one in the mid-eleventh century A.D. and another in the early or middle portion of the sixteenth century A.D.
Plains Anthropologist, Nov 1, 2004
This section of the Developer's Assessment Report (DAR) provides a summary of the main elements o... more This section of the Developer's Assessment Report (DAR) provides a summary of the main elements of the Jay Project (Project) and predictions of the environmental assessment of the Project. For the human environment, the Project is expected to have overall positive effects on the socioeconomic environment, maximizing economic, employment, and educational benefits, while minimizing the negative impacts on well-being, physical infrastructure and non-traditional land use. Impacts to cultural aspects are predicted to be not significant. The Project is expected to have no significant negative effects on the biophysical environment (i.e., air quality, water quality and quantity, fish and fish habitat, vegetation, caribou, and wildlife and wildlife habitat).
Plains Anthropologist, Nov 1, 2004
... surfaces. Discoidals, while rare, have been found on Dixon (Harvey 1979:86), Bastian (Tiffany... more ... surfaces. Discoidals, while rare, have been found on Dixon (Harvey 1979:86), Bastian (Tiffany 1979:52), Milford (Tiffany and Anderson 1993) and Blood Run (Starr 1893) and should be included in the Oneota inventory. Pipes ...
Plains Anthropologist, 2009
Abstract The Smithsonian Institution s River Basin Surveys (RES), hailed as Hanevent of transcend... more Abstract The Smithsonian Institution s River Basin Surveys (RES), hailed as Hanevent of transcendent importance" to American archeology, was a major part of the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program from its inception in 1945 to the end of the RES in 1969. The RES was a highly organized program in terms of both its field and laboratory operations, and it left an invaluable legacy of systematically-generated collections and records resulting from the extensive research of its staff. These materials continue to have research value more than 35 years after the program ended. Following the end of the RES, some of its collections and records became dispersed and neglected With a focus on the RBS program within the Missouri River basin, this paper discusses locations where RES collections and records presently reside, points out advantages and problems with their management since the RES program was terminated, and reviews National Park Service efforts to complete analysis and reporting of collections that were unanalyzed when the RES was ended.
Plains Anthropologist, May 1, 1987
University Press of Florida eBooks, May 6, 2014
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Midwest and Plains Archaeology by Tom Thiessen
Papers by Tom Thiessen