essay
Clovis-era archaeology in northern New Hampshire: the Israel River Complex
new perspectives on the first americans • College Station • Published In 2004 • Pages: 49-54
By: Boisvert, Richard N.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Israel River complex consists of at least five sites located along an east-west route through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The author describes their discovery and excavation, and summarizes the finds. The lithic assemblages are dominated by a locally available rhyolite.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Mineral resources
- Lithic industries
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- General tools
- Routes
- 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
- 1995-2000
- 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)
- northern New Hampshire, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard A. Boisvert
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-54)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indians