Hardaway revisited : early archaic settlement in the Southeast / I. Randolph Daniel, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daniel, I. Randolph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleo-Indians--North Carolina.

Paleo-Indians.

Paleo-Indians--Southern States.

Indians of North America--North Carolina--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities.

Hardaway Site (N.C.).

North Carolina--Antiquities.

North Carolina.

Southern States--Antiquities.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This provocative reanalysis of one of the most famous Early Archaic archaeological sites in the southeastern United States provides a new model for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns. Since the early 1970's, southeastern archaeologists have focused their attention on identifying the function of prehistoric sites and settlement practices during the Early Archaic period (ca. 9,000-10,500 B.P.). The Hardaway site in the North Carolina Piedmont, one of the most important archaeological sites in eastern North America, has not yet figured notably...

Contents:

Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Excavations at Hardaway; 3. Stone Raw Materials; 4. Artifacts; 5. The Organization of an Early Archaic Technology: Assemblage Composition and Site Function at Hardaway; 6. Intrasite Spatial Analysis; 7. Uwharrie Rhyolite and Early Archaic Settlement Range in the Carolina Piedmont; 8. Rethinking Early Archaic Settlement; Appendix A. Variables Recorded in the Analysis; Appendix B. Artifact Counts; Appendix C. Data from the Collections Survey; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8309-3

0-585-11936-8

OCLC:

609852663