The Calf Creek horizon : a mid-Holocene Hunter-Gatherer adaptation in the central and southern plains of North America / edited by Jon C. Lohse, Marjorie A. Duncan, and Don G. Wyckoff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lohse, Jon C., 1968- editor.

Duncan, Marjorie A., editor.

Wyckoff, Don G., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Calf Creek culture.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--North America.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Hunting and gathering societies--North America.

Hunting and gathering societies.

Paleo-Indians--Material culture--North America.

Paleo-Indians.

North America--Antiquities.

North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (627 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station, Texas : Texas A&M University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Often characterized by distinctive chipped-stone technology, the Calf Creek cultural horizon made its first appearance in the central and southern plains of North America some six thousand years ago. Covering large areas of what is now Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and extending into parts of Missouri, Arkansas, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, Calf Creek material culture have also been discovered in isolated locations as far away as Utah and North Dakota. Distributed over a known area of more than 500,000 square miles, it is one of the largest post-Paleoindian archaeological cultural complexes identified to date. One of the most notable aspects of Calf Creek culture is its distinctive, deeply notched bifaces, many of which show evidence of heat-treating. Recent targeted dating suggests that these unique traits, which required exacting knapping and other techniques for production, arose in a relatively narrow window, sometime around 5,950-5,700 calendar years before the present. Given the wide geographical distribution of Calf Creek artifacts, however, researchers surmise that these technological innovations, once adopted, spread fairly quickly throughout the associated cultural groups. Editors Jon C. Lohse, Marjorie A. Duncan, and Don G. Wyckoff have brought together in this comprehensive volume much of what is currently known about the Calf Creek cultural horizon. In a collaboration involving professional and academic archaeologists, landowners, and avocationalists, "The Calf Creek Horizon" brings together for the first time in a single source fine details of geographic distribution, regional variability, typology, and technological aspects of Calf Creek material culture. This first-ever "big picture" view will inform and direct related research for years to come"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Environmental and Temporal Contexts

The Calf Creek Horizon: Mid-Holocene Adaptations in North America / Jon C. Lohse, Don G. Wyckoff, and Marjorie Duncan

Bison Across the Holocene: What Did Calf Creek Foragers Hunt? / Kristen Carlson and Leland Bement

A Precise Chronology for Calf Creek / Jon C. Lohse, Brendan J. Culleton, and Douglas J. Kennett

Phytolith (Biogenic Silica) Insights into the Mid-Holocene Calf Creek Paleoenvironment / J. Byron Sudbury

Diaton Paleoenvironmental Analysis of Calf Creek Sediments from the Burnham Homestead Site (34WO69), Woods County Oklahoma / Barbara Winsborough and J. Byron Sudbury

Technical Perspectives

Technology and Typology of the Calf Creek Horizon / Sergio J. Ayala

Calf Creek Cave and the Calf Creek Point Type / Don R. Dickson

Andice: An Early Archaic Dart Point Type / Elton R. Prewitt

Bell: A Calf Creek Series Dart Point Type in Texas / Elton R. Prewitt

Preforming in the Calf Creek Horizon / Sergio J. Ayala

Low Magnification Examination of Experimentally Heated Frisco Chert Flakes: Light Microscopy Versus Scanning Electron Microscopy / Richard Lupia, Don G. Wyckoff, and Paul Benefield

Replicating Calf Creek Lithic Technology: Heat Treatment of Favored Lithic Materials / Paul Benefield and Marjorie Duncan

Regional Records

Calf Creek on the Eastern Horizon / Jack H. Ray and Neal H. Lopinot

Summary and Perspectives on Calf Creek in Kansas / Michael D. Stites

The Calf Creek Horizon in Kansas and Adjacent Oklahoma / Marjorie Duncan

Calf Creek Materials From the Interior Highlands / Don G. Wyckoff et al.

Calf Creek Hunter-Gatherers in the Southern Ozarks: Middle Holocene deposits at Hudson East (3BE714) and Hudson West (3BE906) in Northwest Arkansas / Pritam Chowdhury, Chris Branam, and Eric Mills

The Distribution of Calf Creek Series Sites and Points in East Texas / Timothy K. Perttula

Calf Creek Manifestations on the Southern High Plains and Their Margins / Don G. Wyckoff et al.

The Stinnett Swimming Pool Site: A Middle Archaic Bison Find in Hutchinson County, Texas (41HC220) / Veronica Arias and Rolla Shaller

Calf Creek in West Central Oklahoma / Marjorie Duncan, James Matthew Oliver, and Debra Green

Staging Areas, Camps, and Things Lost along the Way: Calf Creek Manifestations in Central and Southern Oklahoma / Don G. Wyckoff et al.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Lohse, Jon C. The Calf Creek Horizon

ISBN:

9781623499778

1623499771

OCLC:

1347029744