The Red Ocher People were a Terminal Archaic–Early Woodland burial culture of the upper Great Lakes and Illinois-Ohio river valleys, characterized by shallow ridge burials covered in red ochre and caches of flint turkey-tail points and worked copper.
The Red Ocher burial complex ceased around 400 BCE, ending the Terminal Archaic–Early Woodland burial tradition of the upper Great Lakes and Illinois–Ohio valleys; succeeded by Early Woodland cultures including early Adena.
Covers Terminal Archaic transition cultures including burial complexes of the Midwest.
Treats the Terminal Archaic–Early Woodland transition of the upper Great Lakes and Illinois-Ohio valleys, the context for the Red Ocher burial culture.