essay
Accounting for submerged mid-Holocene archaeological sites in the Southeast: a case study from the Chesapeake Bay estuary, Virginia
archaeology of the mid-holocene southeast • Gainesville • Published In 1996 • Pages: 200-217
By: Blanton, Dennis B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Blanton's field work for this paper consisted of interviews with Chesapeake Bay watermen (fishermen who collect crabs, clams, and oysters from the Bay) to learn the locations where they had found submerged artifacts and what they had found. Of the 18 sites located, only four have Middle Archaic components; most submerged sites contain Late Archaic components. The type of artifacts found suggest these sites were probably intensively occupied. Blanton points out the submerged sites are located in areas topographically similar to those found on land, so current settlement models can be extended offshore. Much of Blanton's article is on suggestions for future research (where and how to find submerged sites) both within the Chesapeake Bay and the coastal southeast.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Topography and geology
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- 1991-1995
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- mid-Holocene
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chesapeake Bay, Virginia; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- For bibliographical references see Anonymous, 1996.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95045466
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Northeastern States--Antiquities