Site Organization and Abandonment Processes: A Late Paleoindian Case Study

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Abandonment processes at the Sentinel Gap site highlight a high degree of formalism, ritual behavior, and sophistication in this Late Paleoindian site record. The structured distribution of recovered remains from the site includes an abandonment overlay of "killed" artifacts, the redistribution of broken objects across the occupation surface, and the burning of two probable domestic structures. Although the combined elements of this abandonment signature imply a planned departure, the available evidence likewise indicates no clear intent of returning to this locale. From a regional perspective, site organization and abandonment records support the presence of different cultural groups in the Columbia Plateau during the Late Paleoindian era.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23800