User:Redalligator3/Oneota/Bibliography

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Outline of proposed changes
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In my view, this article needs to be dramatically overhauled. I would like to add significantly more information, enough to be reasonably broken down into sections. The existing article talks about Oneota more as an archaeological complex rather than a people group. I think that shifting the tone and content of the article away from this and towards a more ethnographic framework would be an improvement. Furthermore, I feel that discussion of the connections between Oneota and other groups, mainly Cahokians and more modern plains and midwest indigenous groups should be done carefully and in it's own section. I feel that we need to be very forthcoming about the limitations of our sources, the archeological record, etc for this topic, as well as for the article at large.

James' outline of proposed changes:


 * After reading this article as it currently stands, I still had no idea who the Oneota were. I think the most important change we will make is describing the people, their beliefs, practices, and their relationship to other people in the same time period.
 * Two of the sources I have added discuss the mortuary and burial practices of the Oneota, and I think there is enough information for an entire section on the subject. This information is certainly not present in the article right now, but it represents an important aspect of how we understand the Oneota culture.
 * The other sources I have added talk about material remains such as pottery and obsidian, and how the Oneota might have used them. While the article in its current state does mention material culture a little bit, it lacks any citations for its chronology and only talks about pottery. It also does not discuss use cases.