Archaic societies [electronic resource] : diversity and complexity across the midcontinent / edited by Thomas E. Emerson, Dale L. McElrath, and Andrew C. Fortier

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Includes bibliographical references and index

An introduction to the archaic societies of the Midcontinent -- The Eastern Woodlands archaic and the tyranny of theory -- Archaic faunal exploitation in the Prairie Peninsula and surrounding regions of the Midcontinent -- A regional and chronological synthesis of archaic period plant use in the Midcontinent -- Archaic burial sites in the American Midcontinent -- Dalton and the Early Holocene Midcontinent : setting the stage -- Archaic prehistory of the western Ozarks of southwest Missouri -- Dated projectile point sequences from Modoc Rock shelter and applications of assemblage-based analysis -- The archaic period in the lower Illinois River basin -- Archaic period chronology in the hill country of southern Indiana -- The American bottom : an archaic cultural crossroads -- Archaic period of east-central Missouri -- Archaic cultural variation and lifeways in west-central Illinois -- Archaic periods in eastern Iowa -- The Ohio archaic : a review -- Land between the rivers : the archaic period of southernmost Illinois -- Archaic cultures of western Kentucky -- The view from the southeast -- The archaic tradition in Wisconsin -- Hunter-Gatherer adaptations and alternative perspectives on the Michigan archaic -- Defining the archaic in northern Illinois -- At the crossroad and periphery : the archaic archaeological record of southern Ontario -- Concluding thoughts on the archaic occupation of the Eastern Woodlands

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