essay

Changing strategies of lithic technological organization

archaeology of the mid-holocene southeast • Gainesville • Published In 1996 • Pages: 41-56

By: Amick, Daniel S., Carr, Philip J..

Abstract
Amick and Carr review the literature and theories concerning lithic technologies during the Archaic in the greater Southeast United States. They find that during the Middle Archaic there was increased use of local raw materials, tools were more expediantly made, and settlement organization should be characterized as logistical with increased residential mobility.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Annual cycle
Lithic industries
Settlement patterns
General tools
tradition
Eastern Middle Archaic
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 period
Coverage Place
greater Southeast United States
Notes
Daniel S. Amick and Philip J. Carr
For bibliographical references see Anonymous, 1996.
LCCN
95045466
LCSH
Indians of North America--Northeastern States--Antiquities