Paleoindians

Pattern or Bias? A Critical Evaluation of Midwestern Fluted Point Distributions using Raster Based GIS

by Thomas Loebel

Lakehead Complex New Insights

by William Fox

Further elaboration of the Lakehead Complex definition, including the Knife Lake siltstone quarries. Further elaboration of the Lakehead Complex definition, including the Knife Lake siltstone quarries.

Lakehead Complex

by William Fox

The initial definition of the late Paleoindian occupation of the northern Lake Minong shoreline in Northwestern Ontario. The initial definition of the late Paleoindian occupation of the northern Lake Minong shoreline in Northwestern Ontario.

La ocupación temprana de la vertiente oriental de los Andes Centrales Argentinos: el alero Agua de la Cueva

by Alejandro Garcia

Arqueología Rosarina Hoy 2:7-34. Rosario. 2010

La ocupación temprana de los Andes Centrales Argentinos (ca. 11.000 - 8.000 años C14 AP)

by Alejandro Garcia

Relaciones de la Sociedad Argentina de Antropología XXVIII:153-165. Buenos Aires. 2003

Folsom lithic technology: explorations in structure and variation

by Daniel Amick

Shifting sands: A Folsom-Midland assemblage from a campsite in western Texas

by Daniel Amick

Ethnography, Analogy, and the Reconstruction of Paleoindian Lifeways

by Asa Randall

Asa R. Randall and Kandace D. Hollenbach (2007) "Ethnography, Analogy, and the Reconstruction of Paleoindian Lifeways." In Foragers of the Terminal Pleistocene, edited by Renee B. Walker and Boyce N. Driskell, pp. 203-225. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press.

Fracture patterns on frozen and thawed cattle femora

by Allison Grunwald

Unpublished draft. Fall 2011.

I performed a bone-breakage experiment on eight cattle femora with an anvil and hammerstone in order to examine the... more I performed a bone-breakage experiment on eight cattle femora with an anvil and hammerstone in order to examine the differences, if any, between frozen and slow-thawed fragmentation patterns. For the experiment the periosteum was left intact in an attempt to mimic various archaeological assemblages where it is thought that marrow was extracted without prior removal of the periosteum. Four femora were broken while frozen and four broken after thawed for 24 hours. The fragmentation patterns differed slightly with certain features such as chattering and longitudinal cracks appearing only on the frozen bones. The thawed periosteum absorbed more force than the frozen periosteum, causing higher fragmentation in the thawed bones due to more hammerstone impacts needed to access the marrow cavity. Further experimentation will be performed to both replicate these results and obtain a higher sample size.

Rock Art at the Pleistocene / Holocene Boundary in Eastern South America

by Astolfo Araujo

Neves WA, Araujo AGM, Bernardo DV, Kipnis R, Feathers JK (2012) Rock Art at the Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary in Eastern South America. PLoS ONE 7(2): e32228. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032228

Most investigations regarding the First Americans have primarily focused on four themes: when the New World was... more Most investigations regarding the First Americans have primarily focused on four themes: when the New World was settled by humans; where they came from; how many migrations or colonization pulses from elsewhere were involved in the process; and what kinds of subsistence patterns and material culture they developed during the first millennia of colonization. Little is known, however, about the symbolic world of the first humans who settled the New World, because artistic manifestations either as rock-art, ornaments, and portable art objects dated to the Pleistocene/Holocene transition are exceedingly rare in the Americas.

Glimpses of Ancient Norwalk and Wilton

by Timothy Ives

published by Archaeological and Historical Services, Inc. (2011)

This booklet provides a glimpse of the ancient and changing landscape of Norwalk and Wilton (Connecticut) as informed... more This booklet provides a glimpse of the ancient and changing landscape of Norwalk and Wilton (Connecticut) as informed by the archaeological investigation of Site 103-49. In doing so, it highlights the value of the land as a cultural resource and provides an example of how professional archaeology operates in the State of Connecticut.

Note: This booklet reports on CT Archaeological Site No. 103-49, a multicomponent site that yielded a Paleoindian lithic assemblage.

Busy in the Shadow of the Ossippee Mountains: Archaic Hornfels Workshops and a Paleoindian Site in Tamworth, New Hampshire

by Timothy Ives

published in The New Hampshire Archaeologist 45(1) (2005)
co-authored with Alan Leveillee

During the 2003 and 2004 field seasons, staff of the Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. (PAL) identified a cluster of... more During the 2003 and 2004 field seasons, staff of the Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. (PAL) identified a cluster of three Native American archaeological sites (Sites 27-CA-56, 27-CA-157, and 27-CA-158) within the town of Tamworth, New Hampshire. Each site encompasses multiple lithic workshops where locally available Moat/Ossipee hornfels was intensively exploited. This paper outlines the results and interpretations of a subsequent archaeological investigation that evaluated the character of these lithic workshops. The significant contributions this study provides include identification of stages of lithic manufacture revealing the operating technology reflected within, and the recognition of a new aspect of exploitation of the Moat/Ossipee lithic complex — the inclusion of minor streams as exploitable source areas among the central elements of the lithic industry. These investigations also resulted in the identification of a PaleoIndian component to one of these sites, which has been designated the Stones Throw Site. This small, short-term campsite has yielded a distinctive lithic assemblage and new radiocarbon data that contribute towards the limited, but growing database regarding PaleoIndian occupation in New Hampshire and the Northeast.

The Stones Throw Site: A Late Paleoindian Site in East-Central New Hampshire

by Timothy Ives

published in Northeast Anthropology, Vol.71 (Spring 2006)

Recent archaeological investigations in Tamworth, New Hampshire identified a small Late Paleoindian site designated... more Recent archaeological investigations in Tamworth, New Hampshire identified a small Late Paleoindian site designated the Stones Throw Site. It is spatially defined by a small, low-density distribution of rhyolite debitage reflecting channel flake removal and late-stage bifacial thinning. A broken lanceolate preform was recovered adjacent to a probable hearth remnant 14C dated to ca. 8800 B.P. Site data substantiates the use of channel flaking technology in New England during the early Holocene and reflects a persistent pattern of regional mobility involving north-south travel through the White Mountains.

Geological History and Paleoenvironment (at the Parkhill Site)

by Christopher J. Ellis

co-authored with Alan V. Morgan and John H. McAndrews, 2000. Chapter 2 in "An Early Paleoindian Site Near Parkhill, Ontario" by Christopher J. Ellis and D. Brian Deller, pp. 9-30. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec.

Driver and Vallières 2008 - The Palaeoindian Bison Assemblage from Charlie Lake Cave, British Columbia

by Claudine Vallières

THE PALEOINDIAN FLUTED POINT: DART OR SPEAR ARMATURE?

by Karl Hutchings

Human Adaptation to the Changing Northeastern Environment at the End of the Pleistocene: Implications for the Archaeological Record

by Brian Jones

1998 Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Connecticut, Storrs

Paleoindian and Early Archaic archaeological sites are of particular importance in the Northeast because they reflect... more Paleoindian and Early Archaic archaeological sites are of particular importance in the Northeast because they reflect a period of change from an earlier adaptation to a boreal environment to one focused on the resources of the temperate forest. Even slight changes in the subsistence base can have profound implications for hunter-gatherer social organization, group composition, and patterns of seasonal mobility. An early Holocene archaeological site (the Hidden Creek site) has recently been excavated in Ledyard, Connecticut. This site provides valuable information concerning human lifeways during this poorly understood period of time.
The focus of this dissertation is the effect of environmental change on hunter-gatherer populations in the Northeast between 11,000 and 8,000 years ago. Changes in the Northeast's environment between the late Pleistocene and the early Holocene periods would have had profound effects on the subsistence economy, hunter-gatherer social organization, and ultimately on the archaeological record of northeastern North America. Studies of human ecology and the paleoclimatic record are used to anticipate patterns in settlement, subsistence, group organization, and mobility. These expectations are then compared and contrasted to the archaeological record. Special emphasis is given to the Late Paleoindian Period through a detailed analysis of the Hidden Creek site. This site was occupied during the transition from a Paleoindian to Archaic pattern of life in the Northeast, and its better understanding may shed light on both of these periods.
While the recovered artifacts provide a rare opportunity to view the material culture of these people, the significance of the finds lies in their potential to inform us about past human lifeways and about the human species in general. The northeastern Native Americans of 11,000 to 8,000 years ago proved flexible and adaptive in the face of a rapidly shifting resource base. A detailed analysis of the archaeological material of this time period, investigation of the record of climate and vegetation change, and a careful assessment of models of human ecology illuminates the human capacity to respond to such significant environmental change.

The Late Paleoindian Hidden Creek site in southeastern Connecticut

by Brian Jones

Archaeology of Eastern North America, Vol. 25, (1997), pp. 45-80

This article presents a summary of the Late Paleoindian component at the Hidden Creek site (72-163), including site... more This article presents a summary of the Late Paleoindian component at the Hidden Creek site (72-163), including site geology, paleo-environmental reconstruction, artifact counts, descriptions of artifact attributes and spatial patterning. Preliminary analysis of the debitagefrom this site is also discussed. Temporally diagnostic attributes of the lithic artifacts place the Hidden Creek site at the end of the Paleoindian tradition. It is demonstrated that the fluted point knapping technology continued to be used, apparently into the early Holocene, to produce non-fluted, lanceolate projectile points. The southeastern location of this site in the Northeast distinguishes it from most comparable sites in the region.

A Arqueologia da Região de Rio Claro: Uma Síntese

by Astolfo Araujo

Published in; Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, São Paulo, 11: 125-140, 2001.

Rio Claro area, a region comprising several counties in the central portion of São Paulo State, Brazil, can be... more Rio Claro area, a region comprising several counties in the central portion of São Paulo State, Brazil, can be considered one of the most important research areas in terms of Brazilian archaeology, both for the occurrence of Paleoindian sites, and for the richness of the archaeological record. Here we present a brief history of the research done in the area, a general overview of the characteristics of the archaeological record, and the main results obtained by different research teams.

Mythos Atlantis - Historia Pangaea

by Sean Bambrough

rough draft only

after investigation we arrived at thesis of which the main points are: Atlantis was a real continent, was in the... more after investigation we arrived at thesis of which the main points are: Atlantis was a real continent, was in the Atlantic but is not the Atlantic, Atlantis didn't sink it shifted, Atlantis was all or part of south &/or north America/s, (ca 1400 bc not 9000 bc,) ancient American (and Polynesian) origins. the paper give our evidences for these and other points (22 in all).