Fluted Points in the Eastern Forests

Dincauze, Dena F.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-1112-4_20

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“…These range from the traditional view that these groups were more specialized ''focal" hunters of large game, including extinct forms of Pleistocene megafauna (e.g., Bonnichsen et al, 1987;Cleland, 1966;Mason, 1962;Waguespack and Surovell, 2003, etc. ), to those who tend to view Paleoindians as ''generalists" who followed a more opportunistic mode of resource capture in which any acceptable food item encountered is taken (e.g., Dincauze, 1993;Meltzer, 1993;Walker and Driskell, 2007). As will be discussed more below, I am inclined to believe the truth is somewhere between these two extremes.…”

Section: Settlement and Subsistencementioning

confidence: 98%

The Fluted Point tradition and the Arctic Small Tool tradition: What’s the connection?

Ellis¹

2008

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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Section: Settlement and Subsistencementioning

confidence: 98%

The Fluted Point tradition and the Arctic Small Tool tradition: What’s the connection?

Ellis¹

2008

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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“…Generally accepted dates for the settlement of eastern North America remain no earlier than ca. 11 000 14 C yr BP (Dincauze 1993). The Dutchess Quarry Caves are located in the Wallkill Valley ϳ8 km northeast of the Pawelski farm and ϳ13 km southeast of Binnewater Pond.…”

Section: Hypotheses For Extinctionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Landscape Paleoecology and Megafaunal Extinction in Southeastern New York State

Robinson

Burney

2005

Ecological Monographs

125

101

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Stratigraphic palynological analyses of four late Quaternary deposits comprise a landscape‐level study of the patterns and processes of megafaunal extinction in southeastern New York State. Distinctive spores of the dung fungus Sporormiella are used as a proxy for megafaunal biomass, and charcoal particle analysis as a proxy for fire history. A decline in spore values at all sites is closely followed by a stratigraphic charcoal rise. It is inferred that the regional collapse of a megaherbivory regime was followed by landscape transformation by humans. Correlation with the pollen stratigraphy indicates these developments began many centuries in advance of the Younger Dryas climatic reversal at the end of the Pleistocene. However, throughout the region, the latest bone collagen dates for Mammut are considerably later, suggesting that megaherbivores lasted until the beginning of the Younger Dryas, well after initial population collapse. This evidence is consistent with the interpretation that rapid overkill on the part of humans initiated the extinction process. Landscape transformation and climate change then may have contributed to a cascade of effects that culminated in the demise of all the largest members of North America's mammal fauna.

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“…A number of excellent locality and regional analyses of possible movement corridors or areas of initial settlement or activity also exist. These have emphasized biotic communities, major physiographic features such as coastal zones, river valleys and mountain ranges, or the locations of animal trails, salt licks, and lithic raw material sources (e.g., Anderson 1990;Dincauze 1993aDincauze , 1993bErlandson and Moss 1996;Frison 1991; Gillam 1996 a, b;Hoffecker et al 1993;Judge 1973;Spiess et al 1998;Tankersley 1985Tankersley ,1990Tankersley ,1991Tankersley ,1997. The co-occurrence of early sites along glacial and pluvial lake margins in the Midwest, Southwest, and Great Basin has been widely noted (Deller and Ellis 1988;Ellis 1994;Ellis and Deller 1998;Ellis et al 1998:155-158;Judge 1973;Shott 1986; Willig 1996;Willig et al 1989), for example, as has the occurrence of numerous early assemblages along the major river valleys of eastern North America (Anderson 1990;Dincauze 1993aDincauze , 1993bMason 1962;Williams and Stoltman 1965).…”

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Paleoindian Colonization of the Americas: Implications from an Examination of Physiography, Demography, and Artifact Distribution

Anderson¹,

Gillam²

2000

Am. antiq.

273

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GIS-based, least-cost analyses employing continental scale elevation data, coupled with information on the late glacial location of ice sheets and pluvial lakes, suggest possible movement corridors used by initial human populations in colonizing the New World. These routes, demographic evidence, and the location of Paleoindian archaeological assemblages, support the possibility of a rapid spread and diversification of founding populations. Initial dispersal, these analyses suggest, would have been most likely in coastal and riverine settings, and on plains. The analyses suggest areas where evidence for early human settlement may be found in North and South America. In some cases, these areas have received little prior archaeological survey. The method can be used to explore patterns of human migration and interaction at a variety of geographic scales.

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Fluted Points in the Eastern Forests

Cited by 22 publications

References 13 publications

The Fluted Point tradition and the Arctic Small Tool tradition: What’s the connection?

The Fluted Point tradition and the Arctic Small Tool tradition: What’s the connection?

Landscape Paleoecology and Megafaunal Extinction in Southeastern New York State

Paleoindian Colonization of the Americas: Implications from an Examination of Physiography, Demography, and Artifact Distribution

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