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Diversity and complexity in prehistoric maritime societies : a Gulf of Maine perspective
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- Creator
- Bruce J. Bourque
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- Language
- English
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- New York : Plenum Press, [1995]
- ©1995
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 414 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780306448744, 0306448742
- OCLC
- ocm32049372
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-391) and index.
- Ch. 1. Introduction. The Late Archaic Period in the Northeast. The Laurentian and Maritime Archaic Traditions and the Moorehead Phase. The Susquehanna Tradition in Maine. The Ceramic Period -- Ch. 2. The Turner Farm Site -- Ch. 3. Methods and Techniques. History of Methodology. Excavations at the Turner Farm Site. Problems of Recovery. Ambiguity in the Stratigraphic Record. Site Structure. Submerged Midden -- Ch. 4. Occupation 1. The Age of Occupation 1. The Impact of Erosion on Occupation 1. Faunal Remains. Significance of Occupation 1 -- Ch. 5. Occupation 2. Stratigraphy. The Age of Occupation 2. The Impact of Erosion on Occupation 2. Artifacts from Occupation 2. Horizontal Patterning. Dog Burials. Faunal Analyses. Significance of Occupation 2 -- Ch. 6. Occupation 3. Stratigraphy. The Age of Occupation 3. The Impact of Erosion on Occupation 3. Artifacts. Horizontal Patterning. Faunal Analyses. Burials. Significance of Occupation 3 -- Ch. 7. Occupation 4: The Ceramic Period. Terminology. Ceramic Period Stratigraphy. Artifacts. Ceramic Styles and Distribution. Faunal Remains -- Summary by Stratum -- Ch. 8. Implications of the Turner Farm Site for Eastern North American Prehistory. The Late Archaic. The Susquehanna Tradition. The Ceramic Period. A Parthian Shot at Linguistic Prehistory -- Postscript: Outlook for Future Research in Penobscot Bay -- Appendix 1. Turner Farm Midden Analysis -- Appendix 2. Radiocarbon Dates -- Appendix 3. Summary of Occupation 3 Burial Features -- Appendix 4. Charcoal Identification / Dosia M. Laeyendecker -- Appendix 5. Geoarchaeology in Central Coastal Maine / Daniel F. Belknap -- Appendix 6. Analysis of Lithic Artifacts: The Identification, Petrologic Description, and Statistical Analysis of the Lithic Artifacts Recovered from the Turner Farm Site / Robert G. Doyle -- Appendix 7. The Human Burials from the Turner Farm Site / Lenore T. Barbian and Ann L. Magennis -- Appendix 8. Features and Activity Areas: The Spatial Analysis of Faunal Remains / Arthur E. Spiess and Robert A. Lewis