A Review of Cape Cod Archaeology
Author(s): Ross Moffett
Year: 1957
Summary
Although Indian artifacts in large numbers have been found on Cape Cod, information on the circumstance and chronological order attending the original distribution of these artifacts is somewhat limited and uneven. Little evidence is available from excavations on the upper or east-west part of the Cape, save for one report dealing with a series of relatively late shell heaps. The lower or north-south
portion of the peninsula, however, is fairly adequately known. This paper is based, therefore, largely on data from the latter area, as gathered from published matter and from a considerable amount of unpublished material in my hands and in the large collection secured by the late Howard Torrey and now displayed in the Peabody Foundation, Andover, Mass. There is evidence in varying degrees of completeness from 23 excavated sites,of which eight have revealed two or more periods of occupation. From this information we have been able to build up what seems for lower Cape Cod, and probably also for the whole Cape, an essentially correct idea of the sequential stages of native culture, starting in pre-ceramic times and ending in the historic period.
Cite this Record
A Review of Cape Cod Archaeology. Ross Moffett. Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society. 19 (1): 1-19. 1957 ( tDAR id: 365100) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8BR8QGQ
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Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Early Archaic
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Early Woodland
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Late Archaic
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Late Woodland
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Middle Archaic
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Middle Woodland
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PaleoIndian
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Woodland
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Fire Cracked Rock
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Ground Stone
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Shell
Site Name
Fort Hill, Eastham
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Freeman Paine, Wellfleet
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Rich site
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Artifact Scatter
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Hearth
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Refuse Pit
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Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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Shell Midden
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Storage Pit
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Collections Research
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Reconnaissance / Survey
Geographic Keywords
Barnstable County
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Cape Cod
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Southeastern Massachusetts
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Southern New England
Temporal Keywords
Archaic
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Paleo-Indian
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Woodland
Spatial Coverage
min long: -70.51; min lat: 41.529 ; max long: -69.89; max lat: 42.092 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Repository(s): Robert S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology
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