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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Illinois River Valley"”.
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The Spoon Toe Site (11MG179): Middle Woodland gardening in the lower Illinois River Valley
… site located in the uplands above the Lower Illinois River valley in Morgan County in western Illinois. The botanical remains from the Spoon Toe site are analyzed and compared with other Middle Woodland sites in western Illinois. Botanical assemblages from these sites are then compared with …
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A GIS Approach to Understanding Mississippian Settlement Patterns in the Central Illinois River Valley
… Period (AD 1050-1450) in the central Illinois River Valley (CIRV) of west-central Illinois. Settlement distribution was examined in two contexts, first in the context of larger, more “metropolitan” site placement in relation to smaller, more transitory sites. Secondly, site …
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Estimating occupancy and abundance of shorebirds through aerial surveys in the Illinois river valley
… many need to stop and refuel along the way. The Illinois River Valley (IRV) serves as a crucial stopover area for migratory shorebirds in the midwestern United States despite the high prevalence of row crop agriculture and extensive wetland loss and degradation in the region. Aerial surveys are …
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Exploring a Biocultural Model of Resiliency in the lower Illinois River Valley from Middle to Late Woodland Periods
… from the Elizabeth site in west central Illinois were examined for the nonspecific stress indicators of linear enamel hypoplasia, tibial periostosis, and changes to average stature. Both adult and non-adult Middle and Late Woodland burial contexts from the Elizabeth site were also …
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Late Pleistocene and Holocene landscape evolution, depositional subsystems, and stratigraphy in the lower Illinois River Valley and adjacent central Mississippi River Valley
The Illinois Valley is a critical link between major late Pleistocene geomorphic systems in the central United States.
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Marshelder (<i>Iva annua</i> L.) Seed Morphology and Patterns of Domestication in Eastern North America
… of marshelder to eastern Kentucky from the Illinois River Valley, where the first domesticates are found.
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Ecological Limitations for Southern Wild Rice Associated with Backwater Lakes of the Illinois and Upper Mississippi River Valleys
Records from the Illinois Natural History Survey of the late 1930s and early 1940s indicate that natural wild rice (Zizania aquatica L.var. aquatica) populations were common in backwater lakes throughout the Illinois River Valley; however, only a single population was documented in this region …
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Chronology and paleoenvironment of Peoria Silt deposition and Jules Geosol development along the Illinois Valley, Illinois, USA
… loess deposits (Peoria Silt) proximal to the Illinois River Valley around the time of the last glacial maximum. Two sites, New Cottonwood School and Thomas Quarry, which contain the Jules Geosol, were selected along the Illinois Valley to develop new chronologies of Peoria Silt deposition and …
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MISSISSIPPIAN COMMUNITY-MAKING THROUGH EVERYDAY ITEMS AT KINCAID MOUNDS
… I use this theory to explore the southern Illinois site of Kincaid Mounds during the latter portion of its Mississippian period occupation, with a focus on how community was constructed and maintained within and through time. I do so using evidence from the non-discursive aspects of ceramic …
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Childhood Growth In An Oneota Community: Examining Long Bone Growth Differences In The The Juveniles At Norris Farms 36
Oneota migration into the central Illinois River valley around ad 1300 resulted in a number of different interactions with Mississippian groups. Milner and colleagues (1991) identified significant numbers of perimortem injuries at the Norris farms 36 cemetery, along with biological markers for poor …
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Grassland and breeding bird use of moist-soil wetlands managed for waterfowl
… a major concern is the loss of breeding habitat. Illinois has retained less than 1% of native prairie from the early 1800s due to the expansion of agriculture and urban development. Birds that historically relied on prairies for breeding must use alternate vegetative communities to fulfill their …
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Ecology of fall-migrating ducks in central Illinois: a radar perspective
… from a complex of wetlands in the central Illinois River valley to develop a technique for identifying and enumerating ducks as they emigrated from this important stopover area. With this technique, I quantified duck emigrations during 7 falls (1996, 1997, 2003, and 2005-2008). I used …
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HYDRAULIC, GEOSPATIAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC MODELING OF STRATEGIC FLOODPLAIN RECONNECTION TRADEOFFS ALONG THE LOWER TISZA RIVER (HUNGARY) AND LOWER ILLINOIS RIVER (ILLINOIS, U.S.A)
… late 19th and into the 20th Century, the Tisza River’s vast floodplain-wetland systems were largely disconnected by levees, facilitating "reclamation" for agriculture and resulting in an estimated loss of over 90% of historical wetlands. While levees have been successful in preventing …