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The Paleoindian Alton site, Perry County, Indiana
first discovery of america: archaeological evidence of the early inhabitants of the ohio area • Columbus, Ohio • Published In 1994 • Pages: 117-129
By: Tomak, Curtis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Alton is an Early Paleo-Indian to Woodland period site in Indiana. The author conducted excavations at the site and examined the material collected by various people. Most of the material postdates the Early Paleo-Indian Tradition, but in addition to the Early Paleo-Indian points there are lamellar blade industry materials possibly associated with a Clovis point.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- Settlement patterns
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Lithic industries
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Paleo-Indian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- New World
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- New World
- 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; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1981, 1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12,200-8000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Alton site (12PE171), Perry County, Indiana, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Curtis H. Tomak
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-125)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indians