The Cumberland River Archaic of Middle Tennessee
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The Cumberland River Archaic of Middle Tennessee

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The Cumberland River Archaic of Middle Tennessee

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For thousands of years, the inhabitants of the Middle Cumberland River Valley harvested shellfish for food and raw materials and then deposited the remains in dense concentrations along the river. Very little research has been published on the Archaic period shell deposits in this region. Demonstrating that nearly forty such sites exist, this volume presents the results of recent surveys, excavations, and laboratory work as well as fresh examinations of past investigations that have been difficult for scholars to access. In these essays, contributors describe an emergency riverbank survey of shell-bearing sites that were discovered, reopened, or damaged in the aftermath of recent flooding. Their studies of these sites feature stratigraphic analysis, radiocarbon dating, zooarchaeological data, and other interpretive methods. Other essays in the volume provide the first widely accessible summary of previous work on sites that have long been known. Contributors also address larger topics such as geospatial analysis of settlement patterns, research biases, and current debates about site formation processes related to shell-bearing sites. This volume provides an enormous amount of valuable data from the abundant material record of a fascinating people, place, and time. It is a landmark synthesis that will improve our understanding of the individual communities and broader cultures that created shell-bearing sites across the southeastern United States. Contributors: David G. Anderson | Thaddeus G. Bissett | Stephen B. Carmody | Aaron Deter-Wolf | Andrew Gillreath-Brown | Joey Keasler | Kelly L. Ledford | D. Shane Miller | Dan F. Morse | Tanya M. Peres | Ryan W. Robinson | Leslie Straub | Andrew R. Wyatt A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. List of Maps
  7. List of Tables
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction
  10. 1. Archaic Shell-Bearing Site Investigations in the Middle Cumberland River Valley
  11. 2. The 2010 Cumberland River Survey Emergency Survey and Archaic Shell Site Composition in the Western Middle Cumberland River Valley
  12. 3. Archaeological Investigations at 40DV7
  13. 4. Geoarchaeology and Bayesian Statistical Modeling of Radiocarbon Dates from 40CH171, a Multicomponent Shell-Bearing Site in Cheatham County, Tennessee
  14. 5. Investigations at the Barnes Site (40DV307)
  15. 6. Investigations at the Robinson Site (40SM4)
  16. 7. Reassessing Middle Archaic Stratigraphy and Chronology of the Anderson Site
  17. 8. Modeling Archaic Settlement Patterns and Ecology in the Middle Cumberland River Valley of Tennessee
  18. 9. A New View of the Shell-Bearing Archaic in the Middle Cumberland River Valley
  19. Works Cited
  20. List of Contributors
  21. Index