Trend, tradition, and turmoil
Subtitle: what happened to the southeastern Archaic? : proceedings of the Third Caldwell Conference, St. Catherines Island, Georgia, May 9-11, 2008
By: David Hurst Thomas and Matthew C. Sanger, editors and contributors ; with contributions by David G. Anderson [and others]
Contributors: Thomas, David Hurst; Sanger, Matthew C., 1976-; Anderson, David G., 1949-; American Museum of Natural History; Saint Catherines Island Foundation
Series: Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History -- no. 93; Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History -- no. 93.
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Indians of North America; Congresses; Antiquities; Social archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Other titles: What happened to the southeastern Archaic?; Proceedings of the Third Caldwell Conference, St. Catherines Island, Georgia, May 9-11, 2008; What happened in the late Archaic?
Description: The late Archaic of the American Southeast is typically described as a time of population growth, innovative developments in subsistence strategies, and increased social complexity. Although it is difficult to generalize, many early Woodland communities are characterized as relatively small scale, fairly mobile foragers organized into unranked or minimally ranked lineages and clans. Early Woodland groups also seem to be more socially isolated than their late Archaic predecessors, with a decline in regional exchange networks. The papers in this volume were presented at a conference entitled "What Happened in the Late Archaic?" which was co-sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History and the St. Catherines Island Foundation and held on St. Catherines Island (Georgia), May 9-11, 2008. The Third Caldwell Conference invited the participants to engage the appropriate archaeological data from the American Southeast, specifically addressing the nature of change during the late Archaic-early Woodland transition. This volume consists of a dozen substantive papers, followed by three discussant contributions.
Notes: "Issued June 23, 2010."

Conference sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History and the St. Catherines Island Foundation.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-341).

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Trend, tradition, and transition at the end of the Archaic / Tristram R. Kidder; title: "Nothing but the river's flood" : late Archaic diaspora or disengagement in the lower Mississippi Valley and southeastern North America / Jon L. Gibson; title: The two rings of St. Catherines Island : some preliminary results from the St. Catherines and McQueen shell rings / Matthew C. Sanger and David Hurst Thomas; title: Two late Archaic period shell rings, St. Simon's Island, Georgia / Rochelle A. Marrinan; title: The Archaic above Choctawhatchee Bay : hydrodynamics, adaptation, and abandonment / Rebecca Saunders; title: Prehistoric landscapes of complexity : Archaic and Woodland period shell works, shell rings, and tree islands of the Everglades, South Florida / Margo Schwadron; title: Shell rings and other settlement features as indicators of cultural continuity between the late Archaic and Woodland periods of coastal Florida / Michael Russo; title: "What happened to the southeastern Archaic?" : a perspective from St. Catherines Island / David Hurst Thomas; title: Leaving the rings : shell ring abandonment and the end of the late Archaic / Matthew C. Sanger; title: The rhythms of space-time and the making of monuments and places during the Archaic / Victor D. Thompson; title: Getting from the late Archaic to early Woodland in three middle valleys (those being the Savannah, St. Johns, and Tennessee) / Kenneth E. Sassaman; title: Late Archaic? : what the hell happened to the middle Archaic? / Joe Saunders; title: Thoughts on the late Archaic-early Woodland transition on the Georgia and South Carolina coasts / Chester B. DePratter; title: Mounds, middens, and rapid climate change during the Archaic-Woodland transition in the southeastern United States / William H. Marquardt; title: The end of the southeastern Archaic : regional interaction and archaeological interpretation / David G. Anderson.