Lindenmeier Redux: Spatial Patterns of the Lindenmeier Folsom Site (5LR13)

Summary

The Lindenmeier Folsom Site (5LR13) was excavated from 1934-1940 by Frank H.H. Roberts, Jr. of the Smithsonian Institution. Over the course of six field seasons spent excavating the site, the spatial locations of approximately 6,000 items were mapped and recorded by Roberts, and later published as a series of maps in the appendices in the Concluding Report. These maps have been digitally reproduced using ArcGIS mapping software, preserving the spatial relationships between the artifacts mapped during the 1930's excavations, and sophisticated spatial analyses have been applied to the resultant Lindenmeier dataset to detect spatial patterning. Among other conclusions, the spatial patterns at Lindenmeier vary across the site, reflecting differential discard patterns enacted by the Folsom camp site occupants. These spatial patterns suggest an integrated suite of activities, including hideworking and projectile manufacture, undertaken across the site with logical segmentation of space and association of tools into specific toolkits. This presentation highlights some of the spatial patterns exhibited at the site. Examining spatial patterns within the distribution of discarded items at the Lindenmeier Folsom site will contribute greatly to enhancing archaeologists' interpretations of Paleoindian, and specifically Folsom, lifeways on the Great Plains during the Late Pleistocene.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

Keywords

Spatial Coverage