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CULTURE CHRONOLOGY OF THE WESTERN GEORGIA PIEDMONT

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1980
Summary:
Surface collections from 244 prehistoric sites on the Fortson and O'Hara Transmission Lines in the western Georgia Piedmont were analyzed. An attempt to define the Old Quartz Industry led to a review of Middle Archaic Morrow Mountain in the Southeastern United States. The Old Quartz Industry was not an integral cultural unit, but an industry involving utilization of locally available lithic resources. The industry was not limited to any one culture or culture period, but reached a peak in the Middle Archaic period. Percentages of local versus exotic materials are highest for the Middle Archaic period in western Georgia. Sites of this period are also more abundant than those of other periods. The data suggests decreasing inter-regional mobility in the Middle Archaic period in the Southern Piedmont. Hypotheses for further testing included attainment of primary forest efficiency or increasing dependance on horticulture in the Middle Archaic period, leading up to the establishment of settled villages.
Title: CULTURE CHRONOLOGY OF THE WESTERN GEORGIA PIEDMONT.
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Name(s): JOHNSON, KENNETH WYNNE.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Sears, William H., Thesis advisor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Department of Anthropology
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1980
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 173 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Surface collections from 244 prehistoric sites on the Fortson and O'Hara Transmission Lines in the western Georgia Piedmont were analyzed. An attempt to define the Old Quartz Industry led to a review of Middle Archaic Morrow Mountain in the Southeastern United States. The Old Quartz Industry was not an integral cultural unit, but an industry involving utilization of locally available lithic resources. The industry was not limited to any one culture or culture period, but reached a peak in the Middle Archaic period. Percentages of local versus exotic materials are highest for the Middle Archaic period in western Georgia. Sites of this period are also more abundant than those of other periods. The data suggests decreasing inter-regional mobility in the Middle Archaic period in the Southern Piedmont. Hypotheses for further testing included attainment of primary forest efficiency or increasing dependance on horticulture in the Middle Archaic period, leading up to the establishment of settled villages.
Identifier: 14018 (digitool), FADT14018 (IID), fau:10836 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1980.
Subject(s): Piedmonts (Geology)--Georgia
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