Book
The Rose Island site and the bifurcate point tradition
[s.n.] • (14) • Published In 1975 • Pages: xv, 296
By: Chapman, Jefferson.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Chapman presents a preliminary site report for the excavations at Rose Island. The Early Archaic strata are deeply buried. The site was occupied off and on until 1200 A.D., but only the data that pertain to the Early Archaic were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. 'The Rose Island site was first occupied during the second half of the eighth millennium B.C…. [T]he site may have served as a summer-fall-early winter base camp within a central based transhumance system. Activities included collection, processing, and consumption of large amounts of hickory nuts and acorns. Hunting activities are suggested by projectile points and cutting and scraping tools. Local cherts were exploited…. [H]ematite (goethite) [was] brought to the site and [was] apparently ground for [its] red-brown pigment.' (page 273).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- General tools
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Archaeological inventories
- 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
- Book
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- summers of 1973 and of 1974, and 1975-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Early Archaic; 8710±180 BP- 8300±100 BP (6710±180 B.C.- 6300±100 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rose Island (40 MR 44), Tennessee, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Jefferson Chapman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-296)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Antiquities