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Late Archaic Landscapes, Stephen Howard Savage

Anthropological Studies

Traditional research into the Late Archaic period in the Southeastern United States has focused on matters related to subsistence and procurement, carried out under such paradigms as Cultural Ecology, Optimal Foraging Theory, and settlement/subsistence studies. The Landscape Archaeology approach is able to unify a number of these traditionally separate avenues of research into a holistic approach, while incorporating recent revisionist models such as Social Territories, Boundary/Center studies, and the dialectic between the physical/cultural landscape and individual perceptions of it. When the Landscape Archaeology approach is operationalized through Geographic Information Systems methodology, a truly powerful theory and method may be applied …

Studies In South Carolina Archaeology: Essays In Honor Of Robert L. Stephenson, Albert C. Goodyear, Glen T. Hanson

Anthropological Studies

This multi-article volume was edited by Albert C. Goodyear, III, and Glen T. Hanson.

Contents:

Foreword.....ix
Preface.....xi
List of Contributors.....xiii
List of Figures.....xv
List of Tables.....xix
South Carolina Human Remains as an Archaeological Resource: An Update - Ted A. Rathbun.....1
The Earliest South Carolinians - Albert C. Goodyear, III, James L. Michie, and Tommy Charles.....19
Pattern and Process in the Middle Archaic Period of South Carolina - Dennis B. Blanton and Kenneth E. Sassaman.....53
An Archaeological Overview of the South Carolina Woodland Period: It's the Same Old Riddle - Michael B. Trinkley.....73
Sea Level Change, Estuarine Development and Temporal Variability …