essay
The Early and Middle Archaic Periods: material culture and technology
early and middle archaic research in virginia : a synthesis • (22) • Published In 1990 • Pages: 81-98
By: Geier, Clarence.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Geier points out much of the technology that is needed to adapt and acquire energy from a particular environment does not preserve and is not found in archaeological sites. This is especially true of the Early and Middle Archaic sites in the Middle Atlantic region where usually only lithic artifacts remain. These partial tool kits hamper the archaeologist's ability to fully describe a society's full range of sites, its seasonal round, and its way of life. Geier then describes what is known of the material culture and material technology for the Middle Atlantic region, describing the projectile points, other lithic tools, and the occasional other types of tools found (such as bone tools).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- General tools
- 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
- Middle Archaic
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Middle Atlantic region; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Clarence R. Geier
- Papers from the second COVA Virginia Prehistoric Indian Symposium, held at James Madison University, Apr. 15, 1989
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-98)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91150151
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities