An Exploration of Late-Terminal Archaic Domestic Architecture and Settlement Patterns in Southern Connecticut

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Archaeological investigations have resulted in evidence that suggests a shift in settlement patterns occurred in Connecticut during the Late and Terminal Archaic periods from interior wetlands to large river drainages. While sites dating to the Late Archaic period are common throughout the New England region, the archaeological record concerning settlement patterns, occupational duration, and domestic architecture remains lacking. Archaeological data collected between 2021 and 2022 from the Tenmile River Native American Site, in Cheshire, Connecticut, provided compelling evidence for a large, round domestic dwelling structure likely dating to the Atlantic Phase of the Terminal Archaic period. This paper aims to explore Late and Terminal Archaic architecture, and how understanding the types and sizes of domestic dwellings as they relate to seasonal and longer-term occupations, may provide insight into shifts in technology and lifeways during these time periods.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 41557.0