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Early and Middle Archaic settlement patterns and demography
early and middle archaic research in virginia : a synthesis • (22) • Published In 1990 • Pages: 99-117
By: Parker, Scott K..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Parker discusses other authors' ideas about settlement-subsistence patterns in the Middle Atlantic region during the Early and Middle Archaic. He also reviews some ethnographic exchange systems (!Kung San Bushmen, Aborigines of the Western Desert of Australia) as an analogy for Early and Middle Archaic peoples. Early and Middle Archaic sites in several areas of Virginia were examined for an analysis of settlement patterns. Site size (in square yards) and artifact diversity were used as measures of site size. Sites were considered to be located either in the floodplain or the uplands. Parker found that sites were mostly evenly distributed; what one would expect of egalitarian hunter-gatherers trying to reduce risk. Parker also tried to stress 'that social interaction through exchange networks provided an 'adaptive advantage' for Early and Middle Archaic populations' (page 114).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Settlement patterns
- 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
- Scott K. Parker
- Papers from the second COVA Virginia Prehistoric Indian Symposium, held at James Madison University, Apr. 15, 1989
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-117)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91150151
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Virginia--Antiquities