The Cumberland River Archaic of Middle Tennessee (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Peres, Tanya M.; Deter-Wolf, Aaron

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

For thousands of years, the inhabitants of the Middle Cumberland River Valley harvested shellfish for food and raw materials and then deposited the remains in dense concentrations along the river. Very little research has been published on the Archaic period shell deposits in this region. Demonstrating that nearly forty such sites exist, this volume presents the results of recent surveys, excavations, and laboratory work as well as fresh examinations of past investigations that have been difficult for scholars to access. In these essays, contributors describe an emergency riverbank survey of shell-bearing sites that were discovered, reopened, or damaged in the aftermath of recent flooding. Their studies of these sites feature stratigraphic analysis, radiocarbon dating, zooarchaeological data, and other interpretive methods. Other essays in the volume provide the first widely accessible summary of previous work on sites that have long been known. Contributors also address larger topics such as geospatial analysis of settlement patterns, research biases, and current debates about site formation processes related to shell-bearing sites. This volume provides an enormous amount of valuable data from the abundant material record of a fascinating people, place, and time. It is a landmark synthesis that will improve our understanding of the individual communities and broader cultures that created shell-bearing sites across the southeastern United States. Contributors: David G. Anderson Thaddeus G. Bissett Stephen B. Carmody Aaron Deter-Wolf Andrew Gillreath-Brown Joey Keasler Kelly L. Ledford D. Shane Miller Dan F. Morse Tanya M. Peres Ryan W. Robinson Leslie Straub Andrew R. Wyatt A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Florida Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781683400776
• Artikelnr.: 75638786

Autorenporträt

Tanya M. Peres, associate professor of anthropology at Florida State University, is the editor of Trends and Traditions in Southeastern Zooarchaeology.