essay

The Pleistocene-Holocene transition in the eastern United States

humans at the end of the ice age : the archaeology of the pleistocene-holocene transitionNew York • Published In 1996 • Pages: 319-338

By: Morse, Dan F., Anderson, David G., Goodyear, Albert C..

Abstract
The authors discuss the paleoenvironment and the evidence for early settlement patterns and land use in the Eastern United States, from Little Salt Spring in Florida to Rodgers Shelter in Missouri (Late Paleo-Indian Dalton subtradition, taken to have developed directly out of Clovis) to Vail in Maine. They see little evidence for big game hunting and think archaeologists need to develop hypotheses that are based on data from the Eastern United States, which has more fluted points and fluted point sites than the West.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Fauna
Flora
Cultural participation
Hunting and trapping
Land use
Settlement patterns
Weapons
Chronologies and culture sequences
tradition
Early Paleo-Indian
HRAF PubDate
2017
Region
New World
Sub Region
New World
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 2016
Field Date
not applicable
Coverage Date
12,000-8000 BP
Coverage Place
eastern United States
Notes
Dan E. Morse, David G. Anderson, and Albert C. Goodyear
Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-338)
LCCN
96008914
LCSH
Paleo-Indians