Prehistoric Land Use on Outer Cape Cod

Author(s): Francis McManamon

Year: 1982

Summary

Preliminary analysis of archaeological survey data indicates that prehistoric land use of coastal southern New England (represented by outer Cape Cod, Massachusetts) was year-round and more diverse than has been suggested by the traditional emphasis on coastal shell middens. Prehistoric settlement seems to have been concentrated mainly in a few locations with large intervening unsettled areas. A stratified random sampling strategy allowed estimates of the relative frequency of different kinds and magnitudes of activities in and between the intensively settled sections. Quantitative analysis of the lithic assemblages and structural characteristics of discovered sites permitted inferences about the kinds and intensity of prehistoric activities.

Cite this Record

Prehistoric Land Use on Outer Cape Cod. Francis McManamon. Journal of Field Archaeology. 9 (1): 1-20. 1982 ( tDAR id: 3180) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8959G88

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Woodland • Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American • Late Archaic • Late Woodland • Middle Woodland • Woodland

Material
Chipped Stone • Fire Cracked Rock • Shell

Site Name
Fort Hill, Eastham • High Head, North Truro

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features

Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
fire-cracked rock • Shell Midden

Geographic Keywords
Barnstable County • Cape Cod • Eastham, MA • Outer Cape Cod • Provincetown, MA • Southeastern Massachusetts • Southern New England • Truro, MA • Wellfleet, MA

Temporal Keywords
Late Archaic • Prehistoric • Woodland

Spatial Coverage

min long: -70.271; min lat: 41.816 ; max long: -69.895; max lat: 42.115 ;

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