Current approaches to the analysis and interpretation of small lithic sites in the Northeast / edited by Christina B. Rieth.

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Book
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English
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Albany : New York State Museum, ©2008.
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x, 210 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

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    • Bulletin (New York State Museum : 1976) ; no. 508. [More in this series]
    • New York State Museum bulletin series ; 508
    Summary note
    "This volume reflects the continuing interest and important contributions being made by archaeologists to the study of small lithic sites in the Northeast. The articles in this volume challenge existing notions that these small sites do not produce meaningful data about the past by highlighting the ways in which prehistoric populations exploited the local landscape for settlement purposes. This work has been enhanced by the use of modern analytical, recovery, and archaeometric techniques, which not only have allowed for the reanalysis of older data sets but also have added new information to an already large regional data set. The articles in this volume are grouped around three general themes: Defining and Assessing the Research Potential of Small Lithic Sites, Small Lithic Sites and their Contributions to Local and Regional Settlement Systems, and Managing and Evaluating the National Register Significance of Small Lithic Sites. Small lithic sites dating from the Archaic Period (c. 10,000 B.P.) to European Contact (c. 500 B.P.) are discussed within the volume's chapters."--Publisher's description.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • Lithic scatter as an artifact of field testing / Robert J. Hasenstab
    • Where there's smoke, there's fire / Timothy L. Binzen
    • Strategies for investigating and interpreting small prehistoric sites and low density artifact distributions / Edward V Curtin, Kerry L. Nelson, and Jessica E. Schreyer
    • Debitage analysis / Niels R. Rinehart
    • Simple and the complex / Brian D. Jones
    • In small things too frequently overlooked / Philip A. Perazio
    • Use of lithic resources in a coastal environment / David J. Bernstein and Michael J. Lenardi
    • Glacial micro topographical land use patterns in upstate New York / Sara A. Grills
    • Placing stone tool production in context / Brian R. Grills
    • Management and preservation of lithic scatters / Laurie W. Rush, Amy Wood, and Margaret Schulz
    • Evaluation of lithic scatters for the National Register of Historical Places / Cynthia Blakemore, Nancy Herter, and Doulgas P. Mackey
    • Summary of existing data from Pennsylvania upland sites / Patricia E. Miller
    • Small lithic sites / Nina M. Versaggi and Christopher D. Hohman
    • Contribution of prehistoric archaeological sites in plowzone context to our understanding of past cultural behavior and their eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places / Kurt W. Carr
    • Future considerations for the analysis and interpretation of small lithic sites in the northeast / Christina B. Rieth.
    Other title(s)
    Small lithic sites in the Northeast
    ISBN
    • 1555572375 ((pbk.))
    • 9781555572372 ((pbk.))
    SuDoc no.
    MUS 950-4 BULLE 91-40522 508
    LCCN
    2007939912
    OCLC
    233027727
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