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Early and Middle Archaic cultures of Virginia: cultural change and continuity
early and middle archaic research in virginia : a synthesis • (22) • Published In 1990 • Pages: 1-60
By: Custer, Jay F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Custer discusses the continuity and changes that occurred from Paleo-Indian to Middle Archaic times in (mostly) Virginia by looking at environmental changes, settlement patterns and mobility, and lithic technology. He examines different authors definitions and uses of the term Archaic. Custer compares several groups from the Labrador Peninsula in the Eastern Subartic (Naskapi, Montagnais, Eastern Cree, and Attikamek) to the Early and Middle Archaic people of Virginia as he considers these hunter-gatherers have comparable environments.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Flora
- Historical reconstruction
- Lithic industries
- Settlement patterns
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Middle Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- 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 ; 2000
- 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
- 8500 BP-5000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jay F. Custer
- Papers from the second COVA Virginia Prehistoric Indian Symposium, held at James Madison University, Apr. 15, 1989
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-60)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91150151
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities