The American Southeast at the end of the Ice Age

Miller, D. Shane (Darcy Shane), 1982- (editor.). Smallwood, Ashley M., (editor.). Tune, Jesse W., 1983- (editor.).

Summary:

"In 1996, the University of Alabama Press published a prodigious benchmark volume, The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast, edited by David G. Anderson and Kenneth E. Sassaman. It was the first to provide a state-by-state record of the Paleolithic and early Archaic eras (to approximately 8,000 years ago) in this region as well as models to interpret data excavated from those eras. It summarized what was known of the peoples who lived in the Southeast when ice sheets covered the northern part of the continent and mammals such as elephants, saber-toothed tigers, and ground sloths roamed the landscape. In the United States, the Southeast has some of most robust data on these eras. The American Southeast at the End of the Ice Age is the updated, definitive synthesis of current archaeological research gleaned from an array of experts in the region. The volume is organized in three parts: state records, the regional perspective, and perspective and future directions. State-by-state chapter overviews of the eras are followed by chapters with regional coverage on lithics (point types), submerged archaeology, gatherers, megafauna, chipped-stone technology, and spatial demography. Chapters on ethical concerns regarding the use of data from avocational collections, insight from outside the Southeast, and considerations for future research round out the volume. The contributors address five questions: When did people first arrive? How did they get there? Who were they? How did they adapt to local resources and environmental change? Then what?"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780817321284 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0817321284 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xii, 513 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeology in Alabama, Past and Present / Steven M. Meredith -- Evidence of Paleoindians in the Highlands and Lowlands of Arkansas / Juliet E. Morrow, J. Christopher Gillam, Sarah D. Stuckey, and Sean A. Roades -- Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeology of Florida / Jessi J. Halligan and Grayal E. Farr -- Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in Georgia / Ashley M. Smallwood, Thomas A. Jennings, K. C. Jones, and Sydney O'Brien -- Overview of Paleoindian Occupations in Kentucky / Kary L. Stackelbeck and Greg J. Maggard -- Louisiana Paleoindian and Early Archaic / Thomas A. Jennings and Charlotte D. Pevny -- Summary of Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in Mississippi / Derek T. Anderson, James L. Strawn, Samuel O. Brookes, and D. Shane Miller -- Recent Developments in Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in North Carolina / Randolph Daniel Jr. and Christopher R. Moore -- Paleoindian and Early Archaic South Carolina / Kara Bridgman Sweeney, J. Christopher Gillam, and Christopher R. Moore -- Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in Tennessee: the Past, Present and Future / Jesse W. Tune, Jay D. Franklin, and Lauren M. Franklin -- Evolving Perspectives on Virginia's Paleoindian Record / Joseph A. M. Gingerich and William A. Childress -- Paleoindian Lithic Resources and Mobility: a Model for the Southeast / Ryan W. Parish and Adam M. Burke -- Contributions of Submerged Archaeological Research to the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Record of the Southeast / Morgan F. Smith, Shawn A. Joy, Michael R. Waters, Jessi J. Halligan, Michael K. Faught, David K. Thulman, Angelina G. Perrotti, Brendan Fenerty, Ryan Duggins, and Adam M. B urke -- Stalking the Most Predictible Prey: Early Gatherers in the Eastern Woodlands / Kandace D. Hollenbach and Stephen B. Carmody -- Plant and Animal Communities in the Southeastern United States during the Late Pleistocene / Chris Widga, Derek T. Anderson, and Renee B. Whitman -- Organization of Early Archaic Chipped Stone Technology: a Case Study / Katherine McMillan Barry and Phillip J. Carr -- Dust Cave: a Retrospective / Sarah C. Sherwood -- Southeastern Late Paleoindian through Early Archaic Chronologies / David K. Thulman -- Large-Scale Appraisal of Paleoindian Spatial Demography in the Eastern Woodlands / Andrew A. White and David G. Anderson -- Ethical Considerations in the Development and Maintenance of Large Research Databases: the Paleoindian Database of the Americas (PIDBA) Example / David G. Anderson and D. Shane Miller -- Outsider's View of Paleoindian Archaeology in the Southeast / Vance T. Holliday -- Five Future Directions for Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeology in the American Southeast / D. Shane Miller, Ashley M. Smallwood, and Jesse W. Tune.