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Subsurface features are a basic unit of archaeological analysis, yet there is surprising little standardization in their identification, classification and analysis. In the Northeastern region of the United States most archaeologists rely on simplistic pit feature typologies. I argue that studying features by deposit rather than as whole units allows for a clearer understanding of separate cultural depositions as indexes of specific past practices. The pit feature assemblage at Area D (19FR415),...
Determination of Use-Wear Evidence on Quartzite Tools: Experimental and Archaeological Studies (2017)
Use-wear analysis has become an essential method for functional study of archaeological lithic artifacts. Quartzite is one of the main raw materials for lithic tools during Paleolithic period in many sites in the world. However, use-wear studies on quartzite tools are poorly developed due to its poor quality and rough surface. In this paper, the objective is to provide some reference data of determination of use-wear evidence, including both of the experimental and archaeological studies. In...
Digital documentation for many purposes. The Barcode 6 boat as a case study. (2013)
In 2007 The Norwegian Maritime Museum changed their method of documenting archaeological ship finds to 3D contact digitising using FARO-arm and Rhino software. In 2008 13 ship finds were uncovered at the so called Barcode site in the old harbour of Oslo. In this paper the focus will be on one of these boats, namely the Barcode 6. This boat find (AD 1595) is particularly suitable for generating a discussion around methodological aspects of digital documentation in that it has undergone many...
Early Pueblo Pit Structure Architectural Practice in the Southwest Cibola Region (2017)
Researchers studying architecture in the southwest Cibola region have generally focused on Pueblo II to Pueblo IV aggregated above-ground masonry pueblos. Although these structures provide abundant information about past lifeways, little research has been conducted on pit structure architecture in this region. As such, there is much to be learned from earlier structures dating to the Basketmaker and early Pueblo periods in the southwest Cibola. By characterizing early architectural practice in...
Evidence for the Origins of Pueblo Katchina Cult As Suggested By Southwestern Rock Art (1974)
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"Farewell" To Paleodemography?" Rumors of Its Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (1983)
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Form, Content, and Function: Theory and Method in North American Rock Art Studies (1985)
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A Macroarchaeology Approach: How Can Archaeology Make Novel and Useful Contributions to Evolutionary Theory? (2019)
This is an abstract from the "The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis and Human Origins: Archaeological Perspectives" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The quality of the archaeological record limits the range of evolutionary research questions archaeologists can ask. The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis mostly describes micro-scale phenomena that unfold at the hierarchical level of the individual and over very short time scales. This means that most of...
Midden Accumulation Rates in Prince Rupert Harbour: New Applications for Percussion Coring (2016)
The monumentality of the anthropogenic landscape of the Prince Rupert Harbour region on north coastal British Columbia has long been recognized for the number, density, and size of the shell midden terraces containing villages dating to the last 5000 years. The scale of the region’s archaeological record makes regional assessments of the mode and tempo of shell-bearing site construction difficult. We report on a program of regional and site-specific percussion coring combined with 14C dating to...
Not Going There: Seeing, Depicting and Interpreting Archaeological Topography through Digital Media (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Vision in the Age of Big Data" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper explores a tension in field practice and interpretation in landscape archaeology. Digital 3D topographic data have proliferated, and the increasing availability of lidar DTMs are transforming the practice of archaeological topographic interpretation. As a toolkit for interpretation tailored to this digital medium is being...
Perspectives on the Dating of Prehistoric Great Basin Petroglyphs By Neutron Activation Analysis (1978)
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Petroglyph Distribution and the Hunting Hypothesis in the Central Great Basin (1976)
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Rock Art Dating Methods (1978)
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Taking High Tech Back to Basics: GIS and the Three Dimensions of Archaeology (2015)
In many ways, the Willey and Phillips’s (1958) Method and Theory in American Archaeology still sets the parameters of how we conceptualize the units of North American archaeological classification. The authors defined three types of units, in theory independently based on time, space, and material content. Integrative units juggled the three dimensions to create local sequences, which then built into larger and larger constructs. Wide use of various dating mechanisms and detailed studies of...
Trends in North American Rock Art Research (1980)
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Unity in Diversity?: A Synthetic Approach to 21st-Century Historical Archaeology (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Exploring the Recent Past" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Over the past two decades, the practice of historical archaeology has expanded not only geographically, but also thematically and methodologically. In this paper, we first reflect on the different trajectories of growth in the discipline in North America and Europe, considering in particular the role of nationalism and identity politics, as well as...
Wonderful Things: Using Legacy Archaeological Collections for Research (2018)
How does one go about using legacy archaeological collections – or any archaeological collection, for that matter – for research? The prospect can be daunting, especially if you are staring down dozens of dusty boxes on shelves. This paper offers direction for studying even the most untamed collection by understanding it as a type of secondary data – lessons learned while working with legacy collections from the Potomac and Rappahannock river valleys in Maryland and Virginia. Secondary data, a...
Yes, You Ken! A Guide to Creating Your Own Water Isotope Baseline (2024)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. How many water samples are Kenough? If you are Ken-fused about how to make your own, robust isotopic reference dataset for archaeological questions, this poster is for you. My job is baseline. At the beach, in the mountains––and everything in between. This poster reflects seven years of Ken-curious environmental isotopic sampling in the western Central...