essay
Paleo-Indian and Early Archaic subsistence strategies in eastern North America
foraging, collecting, and harvesting : archaic period subsistence and settlement in the eastern woodlands • (6) • Published In 1986 • Pages: 3-31
By: Melzer, David J., Smith, Bruce D. (Bruce David).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Meltzer and Smith examine the evidence for a shift in subsistence strategies between Paleoindian and Early Archaic times and don't find it. Instead, there seems to be continuity. The main difference exists between the specialized hunters on tundra environments and generalists living in forest environments. The people living in the forest environments probably had to continue diversifying during the Archaic as a consequence of population expansion. Although this document discusses the Late Pleistocene-Paleoindian tradition, only the material pertaining to the Early Archaic were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Fauna
- Flora
- Sociocultural trends
- Diet
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Early Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Paleoindian and Early Archaic
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern North America; Canada and United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- David J. Melzer and Bruce D. Smith
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-31)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86070599
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Antiquities