Documenting the Crescent Hills Quarry Complex, Missouri
Author(s): Ryan Parish; Brad Koldehoff
Year: 2018
Summary
Presently, no detailed distribution map of the full scope of prehistoric procurement activities in the Crescent Hills area exists. The Crescent Hills area near St. Louis, Missouri is synonymous with high-quality Burlington chert. This paper presents data gathered from a preliminary survey of procurement activity preserved in the Tyson Research Center. The spatial data within a Geographic Information System allows researchers to study the relationship between geologic context, occurrence, and prehistoric industry. Future research will build upon the initial survey data by investigating adjacent potential procurement areas. Additional studies will assess the spectral variation of the deposits and examining synchronic and diachronic use of Burlington chert at associated workshop sites.
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Documenting the Crescent Hills Quarry Complex, Missouri. Ryan Parish, Brad Koldehoff. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 444020)
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Keywords
Geographic Keywords
North America: Midwest
Spatial Coverage
min long: -103.975; min lat: 36.598 ; max long: -80.42; max lat: 48.922 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 20260