The Formative Cultures of the Carolina Piedmont
Author: Joffre Lanning Coe
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 136
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Formative Cultures of the Carolina Piedmont
Author: Joffre Lanning Coe
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780871695451
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study concerns the aboriginal occupation of North Carolina. In 1934, the prehistory of the Piedmont lay in the ground, and the archaeology of the Southeastern U.S. was in its infancy. Since that time, remarkable progress has been made in archaeological research, and the basic patterns of cultural development for the ceramic communities are now well known. Contents: (1): The Doerschuk Site, Mg22: The natural setting; Excavations; Analysis of artifacts; (2): The Hardaway Site, St4: The natural setting; Excavations; Analysis of artifacts; (3): The Gaston Site, Hx7: The natural setting; Excavations; Analysis of artifacts; Subsistence; Paleo-Indian considerations; Beginning of the Archaic; The Later Archaic; and The Woodland Tradition. Illustrations.
Time, Typology, and Point Traditions in North Carolina Archaeology
Author: I. Randolph Daniel
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Published: 2021-03-02
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 0817320865
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA reconsideration of the seminal projectile point typology In the 1964 landmark publication The Formative Cultures of the Carolina Piedmont, Joffre Coe established a projectile point typology and chronology that, for the first time, allowed archaeologists to identify the relative age of a site or site deposit based on the point types recovered there. Consistent with the cultural-historical paradigm of the day, the “Coe axiom” stipulated that only one point type was produced at one moment in time in a particular location. Moreover, Coe identified periods of “cultural continuity” and “discontinuity” in the chronology based on perceived similarities and differences in point styles through time. In Time, Typology, and Point Traditions in North Carolina Archaeology: Formative Cultures Reconsidered, I. Randolph Daniel Jr. reevaluates the Coe typology and sequence, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses. Daniel reviews the history of the projectile point type concept in the Southeast and revisits both Coe’s axiom and his notions regarding cultural continuity and change based on point types. In addition, Daniel updates Coe’s typology by clarifying or revising existing types and including types unrecognized in Coe’s monograph. Daniel also adopts a practice-centered approach to interpreting types and organizes them into several technological traditions that trace ancestral- descendent communities of practice that relate to our current understanding of North Carolina prehistory. Appealing to professional and avocational archaeologists, Daniel provides ample illustrations of points in the book as well as color versions on a dedicated website. Daniel dedicates a final chapter to a discussion of the ethical issues related to professional archaeologists using private artifact collections. He calls for greater collaboration between professional and avocational communities, noting the scientific value of some private collections.
Town Creek Indian Mound
Author: Joffre Lanning Coe
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2012-12-30
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 1469610493
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe temple mound and mortuary at Town Creek, in Montgomery County, is one of the few surviving earthen mounds built by prehistoric Native Americans in North Carolina. It has been recognized as an important archaeological site for almost sixty years and, as a state historic site, has become a popular destination for the public. This book is Joffre Coe's illustrated chronicle of the archaeological research conducted at Town Creek, a project with which Coe has been intimately involved for more than fifty years, since its inception as a WPA program in 1937. Written for visitors as well as for scholars, Town Creek Indian Mound provides an overview of the site and the archaeological techniques pioneered there, surveys the history of the excavations, and features more than 200 photographs and maps. The book carefully reconstructs the archaeological record, including plant and animal remains, pottery sherds, stone tools, and clay ornaments. In a concluding interpretive section, Coe reflects on what Town Creek and its artifacts tell us about this prehistoric Native American society. Originally published in 1995. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Time Before History
Author: H. Trawick Ward
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780807847800
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the state's prehistory and archaeological discoveries
Archaic Societies
Author: Thomas E. Emerson
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 895
ISBN-13: 143842700X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssential overview of American Indian societies during the Archaic period across central North America.
Hardaway Revisited
Author: I. Randolph Daniel
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1998-04-27
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0817309004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA provocative reanalysis of one of the most famous Early Archaic archaeological sites in the southeastern United States Since the early 1970s, 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 importantarchaeological sites in eastern North America, has not yet figured notably in this research. Daniel's reanalysis of the Hardaway artifacts provides a broad range of evidence—including stone tool morphology, intrasite distributions of artifacts, and regional distributions of stoneraw material types—that suggests that Hardaway played a unique role in Early Archaic settlement. The Hardaway site functioned as a base camp where hunting and gathering groups lived for extended periods. From this camp they exploited nearby stone outcrops in the Uwharrie Mountains to replenish expended toolkits. Based on the results of this study, Daniel's new model proposes that settlement was conditioned less by the availability of food resources than by the limited distribution of high-quality knappable stone in the region. These results challenge the prevalent view of Early Archaic settlement that group movement was largely confined by the availability of food resources within major southeastern river valleys.
The Indians’ New World
Author: James H. Merrell
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2012-12-01
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 0807838691
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis eloquent, pathbreaking account follows the Catawbas from their first contact with Europeans in the sixteenth century until they carved out a place in the American republic three centuries later. It is a story of Native agency, creativity, resilience, and endurance. Upon its original publication in 1989, James Merrell's definitive history of Catawbas and their neighbors in the southern piedmont helped signal a new direction in the study of Native Americans, serving as a model for their reintegration into American history. In an introduction written for this twentieth anniversary edition, Merrell recalls the book's origins and considers its place in the field of early American history in general and Native American history in particular, both at the time it was first published and two decades later.
Material Culture from Prehistoric Virginia
Author: William Jack Hranicky
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 550
ISBN-13: 145672410X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaterial Culture from Prehistoric Virginia: Volume 1 is one volume of a two-volume set. This two-volume set is available in black and white and in color. Volume 1 contains artifact listings from A through L. Volume 2 contains the remainder of the alphabetical listings. These publications contain over 10,000 prehistoric artifacts mainly from Virginia, but the publication covers the eastern U. S. The set starts with Pre-Clovis and goes through Woodland times with some Indian ethnography and rockart. Each volume is indexed, contains references, has charts and graphs, drawings, photographs, artifact dates, and artifact descriptions. These volumes contain artifacts that have never appeared in the archaeological literature. From beginners to experienced archaeologists, they offer a complete library for the American Indian culture and experience. If the prehistoric Indian made it, an example is probably shown.
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 86
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