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Late Pleistocene lithic exploitation in the midwest and midsouth: Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky
early paleoindian economies of eastern north america • Greenwich, Conn. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 259-299
By: Tankersley, Kenneth B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author examined fluted point distribution in the glaciated and unglaciated sections of Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, with the objective of advancing understanding about lithic production regarding favored sources, distribution, exchange, subsistence-settlement patterns, and initial colonization. The points were provenienced to at least the county level and almost half could be provenienced to one of 144 Early Paleo-Indian sites.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mineral resources
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- Settlement patterns
- Land use
- Hunting and trapping
- Internal trade
- External migration
- 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
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12,500-10,500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kenneth B. Tankersley
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-299)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91106503
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indians