essay
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..
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2001
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2000
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- Middle Archaic
- Coverage Place
- Middle Atlantic region; United States
- 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)
- LCCN
- 91150151
- LCSH
- Indians of North America--Virginia--Antiquities