Shawnee Minisink

Studies in Archaeology: Shawnee Minisink: A Stratified Paleoindian-Archaic Site in the Upper Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania focuses on the excavation of the Shawnee Minisink and its connection with the lifestyles of the earliest inhabitants of North America.

The selection first offers information on the Upper Delaware Valley Early Man Project, early history of archaeological research at the Shawnee Minisink Site, and methodology and research design at the Shawnee Minisink Site. Discussions focus on data recovery design, evaluation of methodology, research context, and goals. The text then examines the biophysical conditions of the Upper Delaware Valley; aboriginal subsistence and site ecology as interpreted from microfloral and faunal remains; and artifact morphology and chronology at the Shawnee Minisink Site.

The book takes a look at myth, reality, and the Upper Delaware Valley, Paleoindian artifact form and function at Shawnee Minisink, and Paleoindian to early archaic transition at the Shawnee Minisink Site. Topics include environmental setting, lithic analysis results, secondary modifications, hafting, endscraper distributional pattern, analytic technique and procedure, and paleoecological reconstruction.

The selection is a dependable reference for archeologists wanting to conduct further studies on the Shawnee Minisink Site.

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Contributors
Preface
Part I: Introduction

1. The Upper Delaware Valley Early Man Project
   Background
   The Shawnee Minisink Site
   Research Context
   Conclusion
   References
2. Early History of Archaeological Research at the Shawnee Minisink Site
3. Methodology and Research Design at the Shawnee Minisink Site
   Goals
   Data Recovery Design
   Evaluation of Methodology
   References
   Part II: Environmental Setting
4. The Upper Delaware Valley: Recent Past and Present Biophysical Conditions
   Introduction
   Geological History of the Upper Delaware Valley
   Present-Day Topography
   Climate
   Flora and Fauna of the Upper Delaware Valley
   References
5. Aboriginal Subsistence and Site Ecology as Interpreted from Microfloral and Faunal Remains
   Introduction
   Paleoethnobotany
   Shawnee Minisink Floral Remains
   Discussion of Shawnee Minisink Floral Data
   Ecological Information on the Shawnee Minisink Site Environs from Seed Data
   The Paleoenvironment as Interpreted from Terrestrial Gastropods at the Shawnee Minisink Site
   Wood and Charcoal Analysis
   References
   Part III: The Artifacts
6. Artifact Morphology and Chronology at the Shawnee Minisink Site
   Introduction
   Paleoindian
   Early Early Archaic
   Early Archaic
   Middle-Late Archaic
   Woodland
   Conclusion
   References
   Part IV: Interpretation
7. Amerinds and the Environment: Myth, Reality, and the Upper Delaware Valley
   Introduction
   The Received View: Archaeology and Paleoecology
   Paleoecological Reconstruction
   Rethinking the Received View
   Conclusion
   References
8. Paleoindian Artifact Form and Function at Shawnee Minisink
   Statement of Problem
   Analytic Technique
   Analytic Procedure
   Study Sample Description
   Conclusion
   Appendix: Attribute Definitions
   References
9. The Relationship of Morphological Variation to Hafting Techniques Among Paleoindian Endscrapers at the Shawnee Minisink Site
   Introduction
   Basic Technology
   Secondary Modifications
   Hafting
   Endscraper Distributional Pattern
   Summary
   References
10. Paleoindian to Early Archaic Transition at the Shawnee Minisink Site
    Introduction
    Environmental Setting
    Lithic Analysis: Methodology
    Lithic Analysis: Results
    Conclusions
    References
11. A Technological Analysis of the Early Archaic
    Introduction
    A Technological Overview
    The Isolation of Living Floors from the Compacted Stratigraphy of the Early Archaic
    The Reconstruction of Living Floors
    Conclusion
    References
12. The Shawnee Minisink Site: An Overview
    Introduction
    Paleoindian
    Early Early Archaic
    Archaic
    Terminal Archaic to Middle Woodland
    Late Woodland
    Index