Tundra, Ice and a Pleistocene Cape on the Gulf of Maine: A Case of Paleo Indian Transhumance
Author(s): Bertrand G. Pelletier; Brian S. Robinson
Year: 2005
Summary
The prominence of Munsungun Chert at the Bull Brook Paleoindian site provides a case study for long-distance lithic transport between northern Maine and northeastern Massachusetts, a distance of over 400 kilometers. Paleoenvironmental factors suggest seasonal concentrations of caribou may have occurred at different times of the year, providing the incentive for long-distance seasonal transhumance. Specifically, we look at complementary attractions of an ice-edge environment in proximity to the northern chert quarries, and what may have been a grassy cape directly east of the Bull Brook site.
Cite this Record
Tundra, Ice and a Pleistocene Cape on the Gulf of Maine: A Case of Paleo Indian Transhumance. Bertrand G. Pelletier, Brian S. Robinson. Archaeology of Eastern North America. 33: 163-176. 2005 ( tDAR id: 391807) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8NV9MFV
Keywords
Culture
PaleoIndian
Site Name
Bull Brook Paleo indian site
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Quarry
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Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Data Recovery / Excavation
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Geophysical Survey
General
Munsungum Chert
Geographic Keywords
Champlain Sea
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Gulf of Maine
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Laurentide Ice Sheet
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Maine (State / Territory)
Temporal Keywords
PaleoIndian
Spatial Coverage
min long: -72.609; min lat: 42.147 ; max long: -68.61; max lat: 47.1 ;
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