Sloan : a Paleoindian Dalton cemetery in Arkansas / Dan F. Morse ; with contributions from Glen Akridge, [and thirteen others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morse, Dan F., author.

Contributor:

Akridge, Glen, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stone implements--Arkansas--Greene County.

Stone implements.

Sloan Site (Ark.).

Greene County (Ark.)--Antiquities.

Greene County (Ark.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville, [North Carolina] : The University of Arkansas Press, 2018.

Summary:

New in Paper!Excavated in 1974, the Sloan site in northeast Arkansas is the earliest recognized cemetery in the New World, containing the graves of a small group of Native Americans who died over ten thousand years ago.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

1: Excavation of the Sloan Site / Dan F. Morse and Phyllis A. Morse

2: Bioarchaeology of the Sloan Site / Keith W. Condon and Jerome C. Rose

3: Description of the Artifacts / Dan F. Morse

4: Sloan Site Biface and Projectile Point Technology / Bruce A. Bradley

5: Microwear Analysis of Dalton Artifacts / Richard Yerkes and Linda M. Gaertner

6: Provenience of Artifacts / Dan F. Morse, Phyllis A. Morse, Robert C. Mainfort Jr., Jami J. Lockart, and Glen Akridge

7: Late Quaternary Geologic History of the Western Lowlands / Roger T. Saucier

8: Late Quaternary Vegetational History of the Western Lowlands / Hazel R. Delcourt, Paul A. Delcourt, and P. Daniel Royall

9: An Overview of the Dalton Period in Northeastern Arkansas and in the Southeastern United States / Dan F. Morse

10: Summary / Dan F. Morse

References Cited

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 17, 2018).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61075-626-6

OCLC:

1013945402