Harney Flats (eBook)

A Florida Paleoindian Site

I. Randolph Daniel, Michael Wisenbaker (Autoren)

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2017
228 Seiten
University of Florida Press (Verlag)
978-1-68340-058-5 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;Represents another stepping stone toward our understanding of life in the Southeast 10,000-11,000 years ago."e;--Southeastern Archaeology"e;The Paleoindian component at Harney Flats is a benchmark in early [human] studies in Florida and the Southeast."e;--North American Archaeologist"e;A work which must be recognized as a definitive study of Paleoindians in Florida and which will serve as a model for future archaeological studies throughout North America and elsewhere."e;--Florida Anthropologist"e;The book is a Florida Paleoindian classic."e;--Dan F. Morse, coauthor of Archaeology of the Central Mississippi ValleyDiscovered during construction of the I-75 corridor northeast of Tampa, the site of Harney Flats was a turning point in the archaeology of the southeastern United States. Beneath evidence of human settlement from the Middle Archaic period, researchers unearthed Paleoindian stone tools--representing a rare example of a stratified site in the Southeast with a Paleoindian occupation. The expansive excavations at Harney Flats demonstrated that significant land-based sites of early human settlement exist in Florida and are worth exploring. Harney Flats describes the excavation, which was praised for its state-of-the-art strategy and interpretive methods despite its sandy environment, and details the objects uncovered--projectile points, scrapers, adzes--and what they reveal about the lives of the people who used them. Including an update on relevant research since its first publication, this volume is the definitive account of a critical finding in the study of early human history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.9.2017
• Vorwort: Albert C. Goodyear
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-68340-058-5 / 1683400585
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68340-058-5 / 9781683400585