The Sandy Ridge And Halstead Paleo-indian Sites: Unifacial Tool Use And Gainey Phase Definition In South-central Ontario (memoirs)

This study fills in some missing links in the Michigan-Ontario Paleo-Indian record. Jackson focuses on the Gainey phase. View of sites Contents List of tables List of illustrations Foreword by Henry T. Wright Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Gainey and Regional Paleo-Indian Studies Introduction The Gainey Phase Age of Gainey Hypotheses for Testing Regional Sampling Chapter 2: Gainey Phase Technology: A Great Lakes View Fluted Points and Phases Phases, Diagnostics, and Lithic Sources Gainey Sites in Ontario Theoretical Constructs Raw Materials and Procurement Discussion Rice Lake Deglaciation and Occupation Sequence Chapter 3: Sandy Ridge: A Gainey Logistical Camp History of Investigation Site Situation Test Excavation Excavation Methodology Site Features Other Features Phytolith Analysis Artifact Distributions Uniface Distributions and Spatial Patterns Chapter 4: Sandy Ridge Artifact Descriptions Unifacial Tools Bifacial Tools Pièces Esquillées Uniface/Scraper Retouch Flakes Other Debitage Gainey Definition at Sandy Ridge Residential or Logistical Chapter 5: Halstead: A Gainey Residential Camp History of Investigation Site Situation Test Excavation Excavation Methodology Site Features Faunal Analysis Residue Analysis Phytolith Analysis Artifact Distributions Uniface Distributions and Spatial Activity Biface Distributions and Spatial Activity Debitage Analysis and Site Partitions Artifact Assemblages and Proximity Relationships Feature Event Assemblages Chapter 6: Halstead Artifact Descriptions Unifacial Tools Bifacial Tools Other Tools Uniface/Scraper Retouch Flakes Biface Flakes Other Debitage A Gainey Residential Camp Gainey Definition at Halstead Chapter 7: Sandy Ridge and Halstead Assemblage Comparisons Introduction Tool Classes Debitage Classes Tool and Debitage Ratios Artifact Types Chert Banding Raw Material Use Uniface/Scraper Bit Length Tool Use, Curation, and Site Function Sandy Ridge, Halstead and Rice Lake Chapter 8: Gainey Assemblages Sites and Regions Introduction Assemblage Composition Gainey and Parkhill Trianguloid End Scrapers Logistical Organization and Settlement Systems Activity and Assemblages Feature Event Units Feature Configuration Hypotheses Tested Site Types and Settlement Systems Gainey Phase Indicators Conclusion References Appendix: Phytolith Analysis At The Sandy Ridge and Halstead Sites: Late Pleistocene Microenvironments, by Anita Buehrle Introduction and Purpose Phytolith Production Identification of Phytoliths Tabulation of Phytoliths Laboratory Methods Results Conclusions References Cited Lawrence J. Jackson ; With A Foreword By Henry T. Wright ; And Phytolith Analysis By Anita Buehrle. Includes Bibliographical References.