Dismal River culture

Dismal River culture
Geographical rangeColorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota.
PeriodFormative stage
DatesAD 1650-1750
Type siteLovitt Site in Dismal River area of Nebraska
Major sitesScott County State Park (Kansas)
Preceded byArchaic

The Dismal River culture refers to a set of cultural attributes first seen in the Dismal River area of Nebraska in the 1930s by archaeologists William Duncan Strong, Waldo Rudolph Wedel and A. T. Hill. Also known as Dismal River aspect and Dismal River complex, dated between 1650 and 1750 A.D., is different from other prehistoric Central Plains and Woodland traditions of the western Plains. The Dismal River people are believed to have spoken an Athabascan language and to have been part of the people later known to Europeans as the Apache.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). The Archeology of Colorado, Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 234, 236. ISBN 1-55566-193-9.
  2. ^ "Emergence of Historic Tribes: The Dismal River Culture". Nebraska Studies. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Gibbon, Guy E.; Ames, Kenneth M. (1998) Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia. p. 212. ISBN 0-8153-0725-X.
  4. ^ Gibbon, Guy E.; Ames, Kenneth M. (1998) Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia. pp. 213, 768. ISBN 0-8153-0725-X.

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