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1989 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 59(1):1-13 Household Archaeology and Functional Analysis As Procedures For Studying Fort Ancient Communities in the Ohio Valley John Naas, Jr . |
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The smallest unit of the archaeological community is the social
arrangement known as the household and its archaeological correlate
called the household unit. The household serves as a synthesizing
unit in that it binds together classes of data such as artifacts,
dwellings, features, burials, and activity areas. Once identified,
households afford the opportunity to study variation within both
material and social aspects of communities. The role of use-wear
analysis in the study of households in general, and Fort Ancient in
particular, is discussed. Problems of artifact sample size,
selection of artifacts for use-wear analysis, and methods of
household identification are also discussed. |
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1989 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 59(1): 14-18 Analysis of a Radiocarbon Date From the Blackman Site, an Early Susquehannock Village in Bradford County Pennsylvania Richard F. McCracken and Charles L. Lucy |
| This paper analyzes the initial radiocarbon date obtained from a
northern Pennsylvania Susquehannock occupation site. It discusses
the date's relationship to the existing early Susquehannock cultural
sequence, suggests the presence of mortuary cult practices, and
proposes establishing the Blackman Phase to include both the present
Proto-Susquehannock and Early Schultz Phases of the Susquehannock
Stage, Iroquois Tradition. |
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1989 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 59(1): 19-36 Prehistoric Site Locations on the Unglaciated Appalachian Plateau Michael Stewart and Judson Kratzer |
| Variables considered important in the location of prehistoric
sites on the unglaciated Appalachian Plateau and mountain ous areas
of the Middle Atlantic Region in general are summarized. Their
reliability in predicting sites in a study area near Kittanning,
Pennsylvania is evaluated. Some common problems with applying
existing locational models are discussed. |
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1989 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 59(1):37-54 Analysis of the Skeletal Sample from the Scioto County Homes Site Paul W. Sciulli, Ann Alexis and A. Joanne Curtin |
| The Scioto County Homes site (33SC17) (SCHS) has yielded the
first 'shell mound' skeletal sample from the Late Archaic in Ohio.
Comparisons of morphometric features of the SCHS sample with other
Late Archaic eastern Woodland samples indicate the SCHS sample is
biologically distinctive. However, morphometric features of the
skeleton which re flect activity patterns show that all of the Late
Archaic sam ples represent populations which were very active. The
analysis of degenerative joint disease in the SCHS sample fully
supports this observation.The analysis of dental pathology in the
SCHS sample demonstrates unequivocally a hunting-gathering-fishing
subsistence base.The analysis of long bone and cranial fractures
suggests some type of violence as the causative agent. However, the
ages of individuals with fractures makes this suggestion tentative. |
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1989 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 59(2):1-21 The Trojan Site (36BR149): A Preliminary Report on a Paleo Indian Manifestation in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Richard J. McCracken |
| Between 1979 and 1983, 23 artifacts similar to specimens
previously reported from Paleo Indian sites throughout the northeast
were surface collected from a glacial terrace in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. In this report, artifacts from the Trojan site
(36BR149) are described, analyzed, and lithic origins are
considered. Subsistence and settlement pattern models are applied to
the site using suggested lithic sources as a pattern for band
mobility and range. Further research into the origins of lithic
materials is suggested as a means of determining at least some of
the temporal and spatial parameters of the Fluted Point Tradition in
the Americas. |
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1989 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 59(2):46-99 |
| Archaeological investigation of six sites along a three-mile
section of proposed gas pipeline in Westmoreland County revealed
significant new information regarding little known Early to Middle
Woodland habitation sites. The presence of features on all sites
displaying the same morphological characteristics indicates that the
same type of activities were taking place. Radiocarbon dating at
three of the sites and similar artifact types at all the sites
demonstrate a loose temporal association which shows the presence of
small hamlets where semisedentary groups lived in the Youghiogheny
River valley around the first to fifth centuries B.C. The lack of
comparative data relating to feature morphology at other sites in
the Youghiogheny River valley and surrounding areas prevents a
functional analysis. However, the data presented herein serves to
supply information to a sparse data base and suggests the need for
standardized methods for feature documentation and thorough
investigation before discounting features as non-cultural. |
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