The Swanson Site Reexamined: The Middle Missouri Tradition in Central
South Dakota
| UW-L Author: |
Joseph A. Tiffany, Ph.D.
Sociology/Archaeology |
| Copyright: |
2007 |
| Publisher: |
South Dakota Archaeological Society |
Tiffany, Joseph A. The Swanson Site Reexamined: The
Middle Missouri Tradition in Central South Dakota. Sioux Falls, S.D.: South
Dakota Archaeological Society, 2007.
This book presents the results of a reanalysis of the collections
and excavation of the Swanson site in central
South Dakota conducted over a half century
ago. Evidence for indirect contract with Mississippian groups is
present in the form of locally made Mississippian pottery forms and marine
shell artifacts. Swanson is representative of one of several generally
contemporaneous village clusters or communities (phases) that stretch from
north-central South Dakota into northwest
Iowa and southwest Minnesota and comprise the Initial period of
the Middle Missouri tradition.
About the Author
Tiffany is Executive Director of the
Mississippi
Valley
Archaeology
Center and Professor of
Archaeology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He is a Phi Beta
Kappa graduate With Distinction from The University of Iowa; Tiffany did his
graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (MA, Ph..D.) and has
studied abroad at Oxford
University. Tiffany received the Keyes-Orr
Distinguished Service Award from the Iowa Archeological Society in 2003. He
has over 30 years of experience in Midwest
and Plains archaeology, and has authored over 135 articles,
monographs, book chapters, technical reports, obituaries and reviews.
Tiffany worked at universities in Iowa and California prior to coming to La Crosse in 2002.
