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, amo...

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