Recent Research in Pennsylvania Archaeology. The Nature and Pace of Change in American Indian Cultures : : Pennsylvania, 4000 to 3000 BP / / ed. by R. Michael Stewart, Paul A. Raber, Kurt W. Carr.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Blondino, Joseph R.,; Carr, Kurt W.,; Miller, Patricia E.,; Moeller, Roger,; Stewart, R. Michael,; Vento, Frank J.,; Wall, Robert D.,; Wholey, Heather A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Carr, Kurt W.,; Raber, Paul A.,; Stewart, R. Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2016]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Recent Research in Pennsylvania Archaeology ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (152 p.) :; 18 illustrations

Three thousand to four thousand years ago, the Native Americans of the mid-Atlantic region experienced a groundswell of cultural innovation. This remarkable era, known as the Transitional period, saw the advent of broad-bladed bifaces, cache blades, ceramics, steatite bowls, and sustained trade, among other ingenious and novel objects and behaviors. In The Nature and Pace of Change in American Indian Cultures, eight expert contributors examine the Transitional period in Pennsylvania and posit potential explanations of the significant changes in social and cultural life at that time.Building upon sixty years of accumulated data, corrected radiocarbon dating, and fresh research, scholars are reimagining the ancient environment in which native people lived. The Nature and Pace of Change in American Indian Cultures will give readers new insights into a singular moment in the prehistory of the mid-Atlantic region and the daily lives of the people who lived there.The contributors are Joseph R. Blondino, Kurt W. Carr, Patricia E. Miller, Roger Moeller, Paul A. Raber, R. Michael Stewart, Frank J. Vento, Robert D. Wall, and Heather A. Wholey.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction: Working with the Archaeological Record of 4500–2700 BP -- 1. Evidence for Climate Variability During the Sub-Boreal/ Transitional Archaic Period. Fact or Fiction? -- 2. The End of the Late Archaic Period in the Upper Susquehanna Valley of Pennsylvania. Lamoka and Its Variants -- 3. The Evolution of Cultural Adaptations During the Transitional Period in the Delaware and Susquehanna River Valleys in Pennsylvania -- 4. The Transitional Archaic Period in the Susquehanna River Valley -- 5. Rethinking the Transitional Archaic Period in the Upper Delaware Valley. A View from the “Orient” -- 6. Transitional Archaic Settlement Density in Eastern Pennsylvania -- 7. The Transitional Dilemma in Pennsylvania. Hearths, Fish, and Pottery -- List of Contributors -- Index