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Oneota Ridged Field Agriculture in Southwestern Wisconsin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

James P. Gallagher ,
Robert F. Boszhardt ,
Robert F. Sasso  and
Katherine Stevenson
James P. Gallagher
Affiliation:
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, Univeristy of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601
Robert F. Boszhardt
Affiliation:
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, Univeristy of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601
Robert F. Sasso
Affiliation:
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, Univeristy of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601
Katherine Stevenson
Affiliation:
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, Univeristy of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601
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Abstract

A series of buried ridged agricultural fields has been discovered at the Sand Lake Site (47 Lc44) in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. Associated artifacts, features, and assayed carbon samples demonstrate that the fields were constructed by Oneota people in the fifteenth century A.D. Evidence suggests that water control was a major function of the ridges.

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American Antiquity , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , July 1985 , pp. 605 - 612
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1985

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