“Late Prehistoric Interaction in Eastern Wisconsin: Ceramic Attribute and Composition Analyses from Six Oneota Sites”
Seth Schneider, UW-Milwaukee-CRM

Abstract: Between AD 1050-1400, Oneota groups in Eastern Wisconsin were part of a dynamic and shifting political system that connected people across a large swath of the midcontinent. Oneota groups in Eastern Wisconsin did not occupy the area uniformly, but settled in specific localities separated sometimes by distances of over 50 miles. Ceramic attribute and composition analyses show that Oneota localities represent autonomous socio-political polities whose members used distinct decorative motifs and ceramic production techniques to mark their identities. However, they also interacted with others in the larger midcontinental world, including Middle Mississippian populations early in their development. After Middle Mississippian sites disappeared, Eastern Wisconsin intergroup political systems appear to reorganize and become regionally focused.