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Contemporary Lithic Analysis in the Southeast

Contemporary Lithic Analysis in the Southeast

Problems, Solutions, and Interpretations

Edited by Philip J. Carr, Andrew P. Bradbury and Sarah E. Price

Contributions by D. Shane Miller, Ashley M. Smallwood, Douglas Sain, Albert C. Goodyear, Charlotte D. Pevny, Paul T. Thacker, Joël Hardison, Carolyn Conklin, Tara L. Potts, Jay D. Franklin, Maureen A. Hays, Sarah C. Sherwood, Lucinda M. Langston, D. Randall Cooper, Jason L. Edmonds, William Andrefsky, George H. Odell, Philip J. Carr, Andrew P. Bradbury and Sarah E. Price

272 Pages, 6.12 x 9.25 x 1.40 in, 47 illus

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9780817356996
Published: July 2012

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Representing work by a mixture of veterans and a new generation of lithic analysts, Contemporary Lithic Analysis in the Southeast explores fresh ideas while reworking and pushing the limits of traditional methods and hypotheses. The variability in the southeastern lithic landscape over space and through time makes it a dynamic and challenging region for archaeologists. Demonstrating a holistic approach and using a variety of methods, this volume aims to derive information regarding prehistoric lifeways from lithic assemblages. The contributors use data from a wide temporal span and a variety of sites across the Southeast, ranging from Texas to South Carolina and from Florida to Kentucky. Not merely cautionary tales, these case studies demonstrate the necessity of looking beyond the bag of lithic material sitting in the laboratory to address the key questions in the organization of prehistoric lithic technologies. How do field-collection strategies bias our interpretations? What is therelationship between technological strategies and tool design? How can inferences regarding social and economic strategies be made from lithic assemblages? Contributors
William Andrefsky Jr. / Andrew P. Bradbury / Philip J. Carr / CarolynConklin / D. Randall Cooper / Jason L.Edmonds / Jay D. Franklin / Albert C.Goodyear III / Joel Hardison / Lucinda M. Langston / D. Shane Miller / George H.Odell / Charlotte D. Pevny / Tara L. Potts /Sarah E. Price / Douglas Sain / Sarah C.Sherwood / Ashley M. Smallwood /Paul Thacker

Contents

List of Illustrations

1. Lithic Studies in the Southeast: Retrospective and Future Potential - Philip J. Carr, Andrew P. Bradbury, and Sarah E. Price

2. Omnipresent? We Don’t Recover the Half of It! - Sarah E. Price

3. Beyond Stages: Modeling Clovis Biface Production at the Topper Site, South Carolina - D. Shane Miller and Ashley M. Smallwood

4. A Comparison of Clovis Blade Technologies at the Topper and Big Pine Tree Sites, Allendale County, South Carolina - Douglas Sain and Albert C. Goodyear III

5. Distinguishing Taphonomic Processes from Stone Tool Use at the Gault Site, Texas - Charlotte D. Pevny

6. Evaluating Early Archaic Blade and Bipolar Technologies - Andrew P. Bradbury and Philip J. Carr

7. Provisioning Middle Archaic Places: Changing Technological Organization and Raw Material Economy in the Uwharrie Mountains - Paul T. Thacker, Joël Hardison, and Carolyn Conklin

8. Low-Quality Quartz and Implications for Technological Inferences - Tara L. Potts

9. An Integrated Approach: Lithic Analyses and Site Function, Eagle Drink Bluff Shelter, Upper Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee - Jay D. Franklin, Maureen A. Hays, Sarah C. Sherwood, and Lucinda M. Langston

10. Shifting Strategies in Chert Use from the Late Archaic to the Early Fort Ancient at Elk Fork in Eastern Kentucky - D. Randall Cooper

11. Lithic Reduction at a Middle Woodland Site in Mississippi: Scale, Classification, and Explanation - Jason L. Edmonds

12. Raising the Bar: Lithic Analysis and Archaeological Research in the Southeast - William Andrefsky Jr.

13. The Organization of Technology Approach in the Southeast: A Call to Arms or a Requiem? - George H. Odell

Works Cited

Contributors

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Philip J. Carr is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at the University of South Alabama. He is the coeditor of Signs of Power: The Rise of Cultural Complexity in the Southeast.
Andrew P. Bradbury is a professional archaeologist and principal investigator with Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. He has published articles in the Journal of Archaeological Science, North American Archaeologist, and Southeastern Archaeology.
Sarah Price is a staff archaeologist at the Center for Archaeological Research at the University of South Alabama.

“Contemporary Lithic Analysis in the Southeast offers excellent examples of the use of lithic analysis to get at aspects of society beyond simple flint knapping. The volume is important and it will provide a very useful reference for cutting-edge (pun intended) methods as well as for the research results.”—Rebecca Saunders, coeditor of Early Pottery: Technology, Function, Style, and Interaction in the Lower Southeast