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The Paleoindian colonization of eastern North America: a view from the southeastern United States

early paleoindian economies of eastern north america • Greenwich, Conn. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 163-216

By: Anderson, David G..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

The author uses data from major Paleo-Indian sites and from various fluted point recording projects, representing over 9,000 fluted and non-fluted points from Early, Middle, and Late Paleo-Indian periods, to examine where, how, and perhaps why initial colonization and settlement of eastern North America may have occurred and what routes people may have used. It is presumed that colonization for eastern North America occurred around or shortly after 12,000 BP with the opening of an ice-free corridor in Canada, and that there were no pre-Clovis populations. The various surveys have varying levels of information but in general it was possible to plot point counts by county, what raw material was used, and whether the point was an isolate or part of a larger site. Regional subtraditions are believed to have arisen by the Middle Paleo-Indian period.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Internal migration

External migration

Cultural participation

Land use

Settlement patterns

Weapons

Travel

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

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

not applicable

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

11,500-10,500 BP

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

eastern North America

NotesAdditional notes

David G. Anderson

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-216)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

91106503

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Paleo-Indians