New perspectives on the First Americans
essay 2004 Lepper, Bradley Thomas & Bonnichsen, Robson

Early Paleo-IndianNew World > New World
The authors give a brief overview of the hypotheses presented in the volume [i]New Perspectives on the First Americans[/i] (2004). These documents were first presented at a conference in 1999....

CHAPTER SEVEN Hopewellian occupations at the northern periphery of the Newark Earthworks
essay 1997 Lepper, Bradley Thomas & Yerkes, Richard W.

HopewellNorth America > Eastern Woodlands
Lepper and Yerkes re-examine the archaeological data from the Newark Earthworks excavations conducted by Everett Hale in 1977-1980. Two portions of the site were examined in detail, Hale's House and Meridian Alley. Microwear analysis of tools from th...

Evidence for butchery of the Burning Tree mastodon
essay 1994 Fisher, Daniel C. et al.

Early Paleo-IndianNew World > New World
The authors describe mastodon bones found at the Burning Tree Golf Course, concentrating on marks that support their hypotheses of how the animal was butchered and the meat stored. Radiocarbon dates were obtained from the surrounding strata, and from...