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Tradition summaryessay 2001 • Sassaman, Kenneth E.
Eastern Middle Archaic • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This is a summary of the Eastern North American Middle Archaic tradition....Technological innovations in economic and social contextsessay 1996 • Sassaman, Kenneth E.
Eastern Middle Archaic • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Sassaman examines the appearance and distribution of three mid-Holocene innovations: spear throwers (atlatl weights and bannerstones), grooved axes, and durable, heat-resistant containers (such as perforated soapstone cooking stones and soapstone and...Tradition summaryessay 2006 • Sassaman, Kenneth E.
Eastern Late Archaic • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This is a summary of the Eastern Late Archaic Tradition in the United States....Early Archaic settlement in the South Carolina coastal plainessay 1996 • Sassaman, Kenneth E.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
Sassaman reviews and synthesizes the evidence for a model of early Archaic settlements in the South Carolina coastal plain. This area forms a distinct province between the Carolina Piedmont tradition to the north and the side-notched point traditions...References citedessay 1996 • Sassaman, Kenneth E. & Anderson, David G.
Eastern Middle Archaic • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This document is the bibliography for the 1996 volume [i]Archaeology of the mid-Holocene southeast[/i], edited by Kenneth E. Sassaman and David G. Anderson, containing the chapters in this collection by: Amick and Carr; Anderson; Blanton; Claassen; G...Middle and Late Archaic architectureessay 1996 • Sassaman, Kenneth E. & Ledbetter, R. Jerald
Eastern Middle Archaic • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Sassaman and Ledbetter summarize what is known about architecture for the Middle and Late Archaic periods. Unfortunately, most of the data come from Late Archaic period structures, feature distributions, and artifact patterning. (The reader should us...The need for a regional perspectiveessay 1996 • Sassaman, Kenneth E. & Anderson, David G.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
Sassaman and Anderson put the second set of papers in perspective. They also stress that as the earliest inhabitants did not have the same geo-political boundaries that we have today, we should conduct more regional studies that cut across state line...Referencesessay 1996 • Anderson, David G. & Sassaman, Kenneth E.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
This document contains the references to documents nos. 2-25....Modeling Paleoindian and Early Archaic settlement in the southeastessay 1996 • Anderson, David G. & Sassaman, Kenneth E.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
The authors review earlier and current models of Paleoindian and Early Archaic settlement systems, land use patterns, and subsistence models. Three of the current models are discussed in other chapters from this book (eHRAF nos. 5, 8, and 9)....Paleoindian and Early Archaic research in the South Carolina areaessay 1996 • Anderson, David G. & Sassaman, Kenneth E.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
The authors describe the history of Paleoindian and Early Archaic research in South Carolina and the surrounding states. They point out some of the research and data collection biases. They briefly describe what archaeological remains have been found...Environmental and chronological considerationsessay 1996 • Anderson, David G. et al.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
The authors briefly discuss the environmental changes that occurred in the Southeast from the late Pleistocene to the early Holocene. They then summarize the overall chronology, the changes in the point types and the type of settlement patterns....