Shawnee Minisink : A Stratified Paleoindian–Archaic Site in the Upper Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania

Studies in Archaeology: Shawnee Minisink: A Stratified Paleoindian-Archaic Site in the Upper Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania focuses on the excavation of the Shawnee Minisink and its connection with the lifestyles of the earliest inhabitants of North America. The selection first offers information on the Upper Delaware Valley Early Man Project, early history of archaeological research at the Shawnee Minisink Site, and methodology and research design at the Shawnee Minisink Site. Discussions focus on data recovery design, evaluation of methodology, research context, and goals. The text then examines the biophysical conditions of the Upper Delaware Valley; aboriginal subsistence and site ecology as interpreted from microfloral and faunal remains; and artifact morphology and chronology at the Shawnee Minisink Site. The book takes a look at myth, reality, and the Upper Delaware Valley, Paleoindian artifact form and function at Shawnee Minisink, and Paleoindian to early archaic transition at the Shawnee Minisink Site. Topics include environmental setting, lithic analysis results, secondary modifications, hafting, endscraper distributional pattern, analytic technique and procedure, and paleoecological reconstruction. The selection is a dependable reference for archeologists wanting to conduct further studies on the Shawnee Minisink Site. Content: STUDIES IN ARCHAEOLOGY, Page ii Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Contributors, Page ix Preface, Pages xi-xii CHAPTER 1 - The Upper Delaware Valley Early Man Project, Pages 3-14, Charles W. McNett Jr., Richard J. Dent, June Evans, Sydne B. Marshall, Barbara A. McMillan CHAPTER 2 - Early History of Archaeological Research at the Shawnee Minisink Site, Pages 15-19, Donald Kline CHAPTER 3 - Methodology and Research Design at the Shawnee Minisink Site, Pages 21-31, Charles W. McNett Jr. CHAPTER 4 - The Upper Delaware Valley: Recent Past and Present Biophysical Conditions, Pages 35-54, Richard J. Dent CHAPTER 5 - Aboriginal Subsistence and Site Ecology as Interpreted from Microfloral and Faunal Remains, Pages 55-79, Richard J. Dent, Barbara E. Kauffman CHAPTER 6 - Artifact Morphology and Chronology at the Shawnee Minisink Site, Pages 83-120, Charles W. McNett Jr. CHAPTER 7 - Amerinds and the Environment: Myth, Reality, and the Upper Delaware Valley, Pages 123-163, Richard J. Dent CHAPTER 8 - Paleoindian Artifact Form and Function at Shawnee Minisink, Pages 165-209, Sydne B. Marshall CHAPTER 9 - The Relationship of Morphological Variation to Hafting Techniques among Paleoindian Endscrapers at the Shawnee Minisink Site, Pages 211-220, Pamela Rule, June Evans CHAPTER 10 - Paleoindian to Early Archaic Transition at the Shawnee Minisink Site, Pages 221-259, June Evans CHAPTER 11 - A Technological Analysis of the Early Archaic, Pages 261-319, Barbara A. McMillan CHAPTER 12 - The Shawnee Minisink Site: An Overview, Pages 321-325, Charles W. McNett Jr. Index, Pages 327-329