Late Woodland Settlement and Subsistence in the Southern Piedmont of Virginia: A Geospatial Analysis and Archaeological Synthesis of the Smith River Valley

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Smith River Survey is a two-year archaeological assessment of the Smith River valley in the southern Piedmont of Virginia. This river drainage survey explores the regional settlement patterns, site functions, and subsistence logistics across the alluvial floodplains, foothills, and uplands in the southern part of Virginia's Blue Ridge mountains. While this variable landscape has a rich Paleoindian and Archaic record, the drainage was most intensive occupied during the Late Dan River Phase (1250-1450 CE). This poster synthesizes 60 years of regional archaeological site data in order to: (1.) identify Late Woodland settlement patterns across the upland and lowland extents of the drainage; and (2.) develop an understanding of the complex, region-wide subsistence logistics that supported the aggregated communities of the 13th through 15th century CE.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 33273