Northeast Subsistence-Settlement Change, A.D. 700-A.D. 1300

by John P. Hart (Editor), Christina B. Rieth (Editor)

The early Late Prehistoric period (A.D. 700-1300) is an important time in Northeastern prehistory because it was then that many of the subsistence and settlement traits of Native populations recorded during the early Historic period first become evident in the archaeological record.

The chapters in this book provide regional summaries, analyses of specific sites and site categories, analyses of pottery and paleoethnobotanical data, and models for the adoption of maize-based agriculture.

This book provides an up-to-date coverage of current research on the early Late Prehistoric period in the Northeast from Ohio to New Brunswick, Canada that will spur additional research on this critical period of time.

An important book for anyone interested in the later prehistory of northeastern North America.

Contents:
Central Ohio Valley during the late prehistoric period: subsistence-settlement systems' responses to risk / Flora Church and John P. Nass, Jr. --
"...to reconstruct these houses of men who lived in a stone age": modeling village community organization using data from the Somerset County relief excavations / Bernard K. Means --
The early late woodland in the southwestern Lake Erie Littoral region / David M. Stothers and Timothy J. Abel --
Recent developments in the archaeology of the Princess Point Complex in southern Ontario / David G. Smith and Gary W. Crawford --
Early late woodland in southern Ontario: an update (1996-2000) / Gary W. Crawford and David G. Smith --
Early late prehistoric settlement: a view from northcentral Pennsylvania / Christina B. Rieth --
New dates for Owasco pots / Janet K. Schulenberg --
Pits, plants, and place: recognizing late prehistoric subsistence and settlement diversity in the upper Susquehanna drainage / Timothy D. Knapp --
Upland land use patterns during the early late prehistoric (A.D. 700-1300) / Laurie E. Miroff Early late prehistoric settlement and subsistence diversity in the Southern Tier region of New York / Christina B. Rieth --
Woodland period settlement and subsistence change in the Upper Hudson River Valley / Hetty Jo Brumbach and Susan Bender --
Paleoethnobotanical indicators of subsistence and settlement change in the northeast / Nancy Asch Sidell --
From hunter-gatherer camp to horticultural village: late prehistoric indigenous subsistence and settlement in New England / James B. Petersen and Ellen R. Cowie --
"towns they have none": diverse subsistence and settlement strategies in native New England / Elizabeth S. Chilton --
Out of the blue and into the black: the middle-late maritime woodland transition in the Quoddy region, New Brunswick, Canada / David W. Black --
Aboriginal land and resource use in New Brunswick during the late prehistoric and early contact periods / Michael Deal --
Maize and villages: a summary and critical assessment of current northeast early late prehistoric evidence / John P. Hart and Bernard K. Means.

359 pages, Paperback

First published November 18, 2002