Archaeology of Frontiers & Boundaries

Archaeology of Frontiers & Boundaries

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Archaeology of Frontiers & Boundaries

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Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I. An Approach to the Archaeological Study of Frontiers and Boundaries

1. Frontiers, Boundaries, and Open Social Systems

   Introduction

   Pattern and Process in Archaeology

   Open Social Systems

   Frontiers and Boundaries as Foci for Open System Research

   Concluding Remarks

   References

2. Closed Models of Open Systems: Boundary Considerations

   Social Systems and Their Models

   Boundary Models and System Change

   Model Boundaries of Stable Systems

   Testing

   Notes

   References

Part II. Foragers, Pastoralists, and Subsistence Farmers

3. Group Size and Mobility Costs

   Introduction

   Mobility Costs

   The Hunter-Gatherer Group Size Curves and Open Systems

   Mobility Costs and Hunter-Gatherer Ethnography

   Group Sizes in Stable and Changing Environments and Their Archaeological Implications

   Changing Archaic Population Distributions from South Carolina to Massachusetts

   Summary and Conclusions

   References

4. Cultural Boundaries and Ecological Frontiers in Coastal Regions: An Example from the Alaska Peninsula

   Introduction

   The Aleut/Eskimo Boundary

   Aleut/Eskimo Origins

   Later Archaeological Sequences on the Upper Alaska Peninsula

   Archaeological Materials of the Lower Alaska Peninsula

   Ethnohistory

   Modeling the Northern Peninsula

   Discussion

   Conclusion

   Notes

   References

5. Forager/Farmer Interactions: Information, Social Organization, and the Frontier

   Introduction

   Information and the Frontier

   Simulation Experiments

   Discussion

   Conclusion

   References

6. The Hunter-Gatherer/Agricultural Frontier in Prehistoric Temperate Europe

   Introduction

   Early Farmers and Colonization

   The Hunter-Gatherer Populations

   Mobile Frontiers

   Static Frontiers

   Discussion

   References

7. Boundaries as Strategies: An Ethnoarchaeological Study

   Introduction

   The Baringo District

   The Functions and Associations of Decorated Calabashes

   The Significance and Interpretation of Calabash Decoration

   Boundaries Between Regional Social Units

   References

Part III. Complex Society

8. Surplus Flow Between Frontiers and Homelands

   Introduction

   Descriptive Models of Frontier Settlement

   Behavioral Relations in Frontiers

   Frontier Change in Historical New England

   Conclusions

   References

9. Evolution on the Industrial Frontier

   Introduction

   The Development of Ecosystems on the Industrial Frontier

   Processes of Ecosystem Differentiation on the Industrial Frontier

   Summary and Conclusions

   References

10. Urban Hinterlands as Frontiers of Colonization

    Introduction

    The Study Area

    Methods of Analysis

    Population and Settlement Processes

    Land-Use Patterns and Forest Clearance

    Summary and Conclusions

    References

11. Functional Variation among Settlements on the South Carolina Frontier: An Archaeological Perspective

    Introduction

    The Insular Frontier Model

    South Carolina's Development in Historical Perspective

    An Archaeological View of Settlement

    Conclusions

    Note

    References

12. The Arctic Frontier of Norse Greenland

    Introduction

    Local Greenlandic Settlement and Subsistence

    Local Greenlandic Political Organization

    The Importance of Transatlantic Trade

    Documentary Evidence for the Nordrsetur

    Locating Nordrsetur Place Names

    Locating Nordrsetur Resources: Biogeographical Evidence

    Locational Evidence for the Nordrsetur Hunt

    Zooarchaeological Evidence

    Artifactual Evidence

    An Organizational Model for the Nordrsetur

    Hunting Techniques

    Constraints of Cargo Capacity and Demand

    Constraints of Time and Labor

    Constraints of Hazard

    Labor Mobilization

    Local Elites and the European Core

    Culture Contact and the Nordrsetur

    Decline of Transatlantic Trade

    References

13. Baptists and Boundaries: Lessons from Baptist Material Culture

    Introduction

    Congregational Diversity and Autonomy

    Research Methodology

    Conclusions

    References

Index