Analysis of Debitage from an Intentionally Burned House at the Greenbrier Site (3IN1), a Late Mississippian Town in the White River Valley of Arkansas

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Debitage Analysis: Case Studies, Successes, and Cautionary Tales" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Located at the eastern edge of the Ozarks, the Greenbrier site is in a unique ecotonal location in close proximity to a diversity of lithic resources in the middle White River Basin. Ceramics at Greenbrier indicate that people here were closely connected to towns on the upper and lower White River and also to occupants in the Parkin, Nodena, and SE Missouri culture areas. Recent gradiometry of the central portion of the site shows a plaza and a palisade or enclosure that was rebuilt at least once to accommodate an expanding population. Approximately 75 houses, some of which were possibly rebuilt, are visible in gradiometry images covering about one-third of the site. This presentation will focus on the natural and cultural formation processes of a single large (approximately 6 × 6 m) intentionally burned house through analysis of debitage. How connected this village is to those upstream, downstream, and across the Central Mississippi Valley, defined by Dan and Phyllis Morse (1983), is the long-term goal of our larger research project at the Greenbrier site.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Debitage Analysis: Case Studies, Successes, and Cautionary Tales   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36290.0