The Formative Cultures of the Carolina Piedmont

Download or read book The Formative Cultures of the Carolina Piedmont written by Joffre Lanning Coe and published by American Philosophical Society Press. This book was released on 1964 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study concerns the aboriginal occupation of North Carolina. In 1934, the prehistory of the Piedmont lay in the ground, and the archaeology of the Southeastern U.S. was in its infancy. Since that time, remarkable progress has been made in archaeological research, and the basic patterns of cultural development for the ceramic communities are now well known. Contents: (1): The Doerschuk Site, Mg22: The natural setting; Excavations; Analysis of artifacts; (2): The Hardaway Site, St4: The natural setting; Excavations; Analysis of artifacts; (3): The Gaston Site, Hx7: The natural setting; Excavations; Analysis of artifacts; Subsistence; Paleo-Indian considerations; Beginning of the Archaic; The Later Archaic; and The Woodland Tradition. Illustrations.