Oneota culture

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Oneota culture was a late prehistoric Native American tradition of the Upper Midwest, known for its distinctive shell-tempered pottery, large agricultural villages, and connections to ancestral Siouan-speaking peoples.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Allamakee phase 1
Oneota culture canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Late Prehistoric tradition
archaeological culture
precontact Native American culture
archaeologicalEvidence palisade ditches
storage pits
village middens
associatedWith Dhegiha Siouan ancestors
ancestral Siouan-speaking peoples
burialPractice cemeteries near villages
extended burials
flexed burials
chronologicalRelation precedes historic tribal period in Upper Midwest
coreArea Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Wisconsin
developedFrom Late Woodland traditions
economy bean cultivation
fishing
gathering of wild plants
hunting of bison
hunting of deer
maize cultivation
squash cultivation
hasSubtradition Oneota culture self-linksurface differs
surface form: Allamakee phase

Blue Earth phase
Grand River phase
Koshkonong phase
La Crosse phase
Orr phase
houseType rectangular houses
wigwam-like structures
influenced historic Siouan-speaking tribes
knownFor archaeological village sites
distinctive ceramic decoration
intensive horticulture
large agricultural villages
maize-based agriculture
shell-tempered globular jars
shell-tempered pottery
materialCulture bone tools
copper artifacts
shell ornaments
shell-tempered ceramics
stone tools
overlapsWith Mississippian culture
Plains Village traditions
possibleDescendants Ioway people
Missouria
surface form: Missouria people

Omaha people
Oto people
Ponca
surface form: Ponca people
region Midwestern United States
Midwestern United States
surface form: Upper Midwest
researchedBy archaeologists
researchField North American archaeology
settlementType hamlets
large fortified villages
seasonal camps
timePeriod Late Prehistoric period
circa AD 900–1700

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Mississippian culture hasSubtradition Oneota culture
Oneota culture hasSubtradition Oneota culture self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Allamakee phase