An ice age quarry-workshop : the West Athens Hill site revisited / by Robert E. Funk ; [foreword by James B. Petersen].

Author
Funk, Robert E. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Albany, N.Y. : University of New York, State Education Dept. : New York State Museum [distributor], 2004.
Description
li, 142 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 28 cm.

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    "This book is the final report of three years of excavations by Dr. Funk at this important Paleo-Indian period site. Previously reported excavations at the site are summarized and supplemented with descriptions of additional excavation and analytical results. The site's three occupation areas and the recovered artifacts are detailed and compared using tables summarizing extensive metric data. The report offers interpretations that reconstruct the activities of the ancient inhabitants. In addition to archaeological finds, the report describes the site's environmental setting including regional geography and geology. The artifact assemblages recovered at the site are also compared with assemblages from eleven other Paleo-Indian sites in New York. A lengthy forward by James Petersen places research at West Athens Hill in the larger context of Paleo-Indian studies in the Northeast."--New York State Museum website.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • Foreword
    • Prologue
    • Location and discovery
    • Regional geography and geology
    • Site description and setting
    • Research goals
    • Excavation
    • Sedimentary contexts
    • Summary of geological history
    • Artifacts from Areas A and B
    • Artifacts from Area C
    • Use-wear patterns on artifacts
    • Artifacts from Areas D, E, and F
    • Palynology
    • Radiocarbon dating
    • Stratigraphy, typology, and intrasite settlement patterns
    • Comparisons
    • The position of West Athens Hill among northeastern Paleoindian sites
    • A speculative reconstruction of Paleoindian quarry and workshop activities
    • General conclusions
    • Appendix: Descriptions of cherts commonly found on prehistoric sites in eastern New York.
    Other title(s)
    West Athens Hill site revisited
    ISBN
    • 1555571735
    • 9781555571733
    SuDoc no.
    MUS 950-4 BULLE 91-40522 504
    LCCN
    2004101578
    OCLC
    56971151
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