Recently added articles from Southeastern Archaeology:
SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND SITE STRUCTURE OF THE EARLY ARCHAIC OCCUPATION OF THE HART SITE (15LA183), LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Jul 01, 2008; Bradbury, Andrew P; Creasman, Steven D ... Excavations at the Hart site revealed several buried occupations dating to the Early Archaic subperiod. Spatial analysis was conducted of the Bifurcate horizon. The results suggest that activities were centered around features, mostly hearths. Little clean up of refuse was indicated. Such would ...
MEASURING CHICKASAW ADAPTATION ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER OF THE COLONIAL SOUTH: A CORRELATION OF DOCUMENTARY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA
Jul 01, 2008; Johnson, Jay K; O'Hear, John W; Ethridge, Robbie; Lieb, Brad R; Scott, Susan L; Jackson, H Edwin ... The restudy of archived site collections allows the seriation of pit features from several colonial period Chickasaw sites in northeastern Mississippi. The result is a fine-grained chronology which allows the relationship between the archaeological record and the documentary record to be ...
ROTTEN FOOD AND RITUAL BEHAVIOR: LATE WOODLAND PLANT FOODWAYS AND SPECIAL PURPOSE FEATURES AT BUZZARD ROCK II, VIRGINIA (44RN2/70)
Jul 01, 2008; VanDerwarker, Amber M; Idol, Bruce ... This paper considers plant food subsistence at the Buzzard Rock II site (44RN2/70), a Late Woodland village located in southern Virginia at the Blue Ridge escarpment. A regional comparative analysis of the Buzzard Rock II plant assemblage highlights its broad similarity to plant assemblages from ...
THE BENTON PHENOMENON AND MIDDLE ARCHAIC CHRONOLOGY IN ADJACENT PORTIONS OF TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, AND ALABAMA
Jul 01, 2008; McNutt, Charles H ... Review of Early and Middle Archaic dates from portions of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama suggests a refinement of pertinent chronology, including the temporal placement of strata at the Eva site. Climatic factors appear to be major stimuli for the Benton phenomenon. Conclusions reached ...
A PRE-COLUMBIAN MAP OF THE MISSISSIPPI?
Jul 01, 2008; Norris, F Terry; Pauketat, Timothy R ... A unique petroglyph panel in southeastern Missouri appears to be a cartographic depiction of the Mississippi River, a series of Middle Mississippian places, and, perhaps, social or political identities (ca. A.D. 1200-1400). The panel, part of the Commerce Quarry and Petroglyph site, sits ...
CORE REFITTING AND THE ACCURACY OF AGGREGATE LITHIC ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES: THE CASE OF 3RD UNNAMED CAVE, TENNESSEE
Jul 01, 2008; Franklin, Jay D; Simek, Jan F ... Physical refitting of a large number of lithic knapping debris piles from deep within 3rd Unnamed Cave (Tennessee) has provided a detailed picture of the lithic reduction strategies employed by the Terminal Archaic miners who exploited this dark zone chert quarry. This, in turn, provides an ...
A REVOLUTION IN CADDO ARCHAEOLOGY: THE REMOTE SENSING AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL VIEW FROM THE HILL FARM SITE (41BW169) IN BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS
Jul 01, 2008; Perttula, Timothy K; Walker, Chester P; Schultz, T Clay ... The use of remote sensing technologies on prehistoric and early historic Caddo sites is allowing for new and unprecedented views of the spatial structure and internal organization of Caddo villages and mound centers. Recent remote sensing work at the Hill Farm site (41BW169) on the Red River in ...
LATE MISSISSIPPIAN PHASES IN THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: A COMMENTARY
Jul 01, 2008; McNutt, Charles H ... Multivariate analyses of Late Mississippian phase concepts in the central Mississippi Valley are discussed and quantitative defining characteristics are offered. In passing, the relationship of the Chucalissa site in southwest Tennessee to the Walls phase is examined. This paper has been ...
A QUALIFICATION CONCERNING BECK ET AL.'S (2006) MENTION OF A POSSIBLE SOTO-ERA ARTIFACT FROM THE LYON'S BLUFF SITE (22OK520), MISSISSIPPI
Jul 01, 2008; Peacock, Evan; Hogue, S Homes ... In their article on the identification of Fort San Juan, North Carolina, Beck, Moore, and Rodning (2006) provide a brief overview of sixteenth-century Spanish artifacts known from the Southeastern interior. They state unequivocally that "one fragment of orange micaceous earthenware from the ...
The Chattahoochee Chiefdoms
Jul 01, 2008; Brummitt, Aaron G ... The Chattahoochee Chiefdoms. JOHN H. BLITZ and KARL G. LORENZ. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2006. xi + 304 pp., 73 b&w illus., 30 tables, biblio., 4 appendices, index. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8173-5277-5. Reviewed by Aaron G. Brummitt The Chattahoochee Chiefdoms ...
In Praise of the Poet Archaeologist: Papers in Honor of Stanley South and His Five Decades of Historical Archaeology
Jul 01, 2008; McCarthy, John P ... In Praise of the Poet Archaeologist: Papers in Honor of Stanley South and His Five Decades of Historical Archaeology. LINDA F. CARNES-MCNAUGHTON and CARL STEEN (eds.). Publications in South Carolina Archaeology, No. 1, Council of South Carolina Professional Archaeologists, Columbia, 2005. 230 ...
A History of the Osage People
Jul 01, 2008; Carpenter, Roger M ... A History of the Osage People. 2nd ed. LOUIS F. BURNS. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2004. 576 pp., illus., biblio., index. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8173-1319-2; $39.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8173-5018-7. Reviewed by Roger M. Carpenter An important yet frequently overlooked ...
Ethical Issues in Archaeology
Jul 01, 2008; Bontty, Monica M ... Ethical Issues in Archaeology. LARRY J. ZIMMERMAN, KAREN D. VITELLI, and JULIE HOLLOWELL-ZEMMER (eds.). Altamira Press, Walnut Creek, CA, 2003. 320 pp., appendix, biblio., index. $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-7591-0270-8; $35.95 (paper), ISBN 0-7591-0271-6. Reviewed by Monica M ....
Biocultural Histories in La Florida: A Bioarchaeological Perspective
Jul 01, 2008; Killgrove, Kristina ... Biocultural Histories in La Florida: A Bioarchaeological Perspective. CHRISTOPHER M. STOJANOWSKI. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2005. 208 pp., figs., tables, appendix, biblio., index. $29.95 (paperback), ISBN 0-8173-5267-8. Reviewed by Kristina Killgrove In the span of ...
Plantations Without Pillars: Archaeology, Wealth and Material Life at Bush Hill. Vol. 1, Context and Interpretation
Jul 01, 2008; Honerkamp, Nicholas ... Plantations Without Pillars: Archaeology, Wealth and Material Life at Bush Hill. Vol. 1, Context and Interpretation. MELANIE A. CABAC and MARK D. GROOVER. Savannah River Archaeological Research Papers, No. 11 Occasional Papers of the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program, South Carolina ...
The Archaeology of Collective Action
Jul 01, 2008; Morgan, Patrick H ... The Archaeology of Collective Action. DEAN J. SAITTA. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 2007. xv + 140 pp., 23 illus., biblio., index. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8130-3070-8. Reviewed by Patrick H. Morgan In 1999 and 2000, I took part in the University of Denver ...
The Archaeology and History of the Native Georgia Tribes
Jul 01, 2008; Penman, John T ... The Archaeology and History of the Native Georgia Tribes. MAX E. WHITE. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 2002. 176 pp., 60 figs., biblio., index. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8130-2576-1. Reviewed by John T. Penman Max E. White's Archaeology and History of the Native Georgia ...
The Work of Tribal Hands: Southeastern Split Cane Basketry
Jul 01, 2008; Bradley, Matthew T ... The Work of Tribal Hands: Southeastern Split Cane Basketry. DAYNA BOWKER LEE and HIRAM F. GREGORY (eds.). Northwestern State University Press, Natchitoches, LA, 2006. xviii + 229 pp., 147 illus., biblio. $30.00 (paper), ISBN: 0917898273. Reviewed by Matthew T. Bradley This volume ...
Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary
Jul 01, 2008; Waselkov, Gregory A ... Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. MARTHA W. MCCARTNEY. Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, MD, 2007. 833 pp., sources, glossary, maps, index. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8063-1774-8. Reviewed by Gregory A. Waselkov Historian Martha W ....
Southeastern Ceremonial Complex: Chronology, Content, Context
Jul 01, 2008; Brain, Jeffrey P ... Southeastern Ceremonial Complex: Chronology, Content, Context. ADAM KING (ed.). University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2007. xv + 305 pp., illus., tables, biblio., index. $42.50 (paper), ISBN 0-8173-5409-3; $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8173-1554-3. Reviewed by Jeffrey P. Brain The ...