The Neoacadian orogenic core of the southern Appalachians: A geo-traverse through the migmatitic Inner Piedmont from the Brushy Mountains to Lincolnton, North Carolina

2012 ◽  
pp. 171-217
Author(s):  
Arthur J. Merschat ◽  
Robert D. Hatcher ◽  
Heather E. Byars ◽  
William G. Gilliam
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Southern Appalachians

Cherokee Towns and Calumet Ceremonialism in Eastern North America

2014 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher B. Rodning
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Native American ◽  
Great Plains ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Mississippi River ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Southern Appalachians ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Upper Midwest

Calumet ceremonialism was widely practiced by Native American and European colonial groups in the Great Plains and Southeast during the late seventeenth century and the early eighteenth century. Cultural practices associated with smoking calumet pipes have roots in the prehistoric past, but the spread of calumet ceremonialism across the Southeast was associated with the spread of European colonists and colonialism. Calumet ceremonialism served the needs for groups to have a means of creating balance, and of setting the stage for peaceful interaction and exchange, during a period marked by considerable instability and dramatic cultural change. The presence of a redstone elbow pipe bowl fragment from the Coweeta Creek site in southwestern North Carolina demonstrates the participation of Cherokee towns in calumet ceremonialism, despite the remote location of this site in the southern Appalachians, far from major European colonial settlements, and far from areas such as the Mississippi River Valley and the upper Midwest where such pipes are much more common.

scholarly journals A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Geostiba Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR I. GUSAROV
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
New Species ◽  
West Virginia ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
New Hampshire ◽  
Southern Appalachians ◽  
Valid Genus

Nearctic species of the genus Geostiba Thomson, 1858 are revised. Redescription and illustrations are provided for distinguishing the genus Geostiba from other aleocharine genera. Six new species of Geostiba are described (G. (Sibiota) crepusculigena Gusarov, sp. n. from Tennessee, G. (S.) pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. from North Carolina, G. (S.) coeligena Gusarov, sp. n. and G. (S.) nebuligena Gusarov, sp. n. from Tennessee and North Carolina, G. (S.) appalachigena Gusarov, sp. n. from West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Wisconsin and Québec; G. (S.) silvigena Gusarov, sp. n. from California). Nine species are redescribed (G. (S.) alticola Lohse & Smetana, 1988, G. (S.) balsamensis Pace, 1997, G. (S.) bicarinata Lohse & Smetana, 1988, G. (S.) graveyardensis Pace, 1997 and G. (S.) nubigena Lohse & Smetana, 1988 known from North Carolina, G. (S.) carteriensis Pace, 1997 and G. (S.) nimbicola Lohse & Smetana, 1988 known from Tennessee and North Carolina, G. (S.) impressula (Casey, 1906) known from Oregon, and G. (s. str.) circellaris (Gravenhorst, 1806) introduced from Europe to Newfoundland). A key for identification of Nearctic species of Geostiba is provided. Geostiba impressula (Casey, 1906) is removed from synonymy with G. circellaris. Ditroposipalia Scheerpeltz, 1951 is placed in synonymy with Sibiota Casey, 1906 (a valid subgenus of Geostiba), Geostiba fossata (Casey, 1910) with G. impressula (Casey, 1906), Sipaliella Casey, 1911 with Meotica Mulsant & Rey, 1873 (a valid genus in tribe Oxypodini) and Sipalia (Sipaliella) filaria Casey, 1911 with Meotica pallens (Redtenbacher, 1849). Tylosipalia Scheerpeltz, 1951 is confirmed to be a synonym of Typhlusida Casey, 1906 (a valid subgenus of Geostiba). The lectotype of Sipalia fossata Casey, 1906 is designated. The geographical distribution of Geostiba in the Southern Appalachians is discussed.

The influence of mountain laurel on regeneration in pitch pine canopy gaps of the Coweeta Basin, North Carolina, U.S.A.

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 1756-1762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayson R. Waterman ◽  
Andrew R. Gillespie ◽  
James M. Vose ◽  
Wayne T. Swank
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Seedling Recruitment ◽  
Southern Appalachians ◽  
Red Maple ◽  
Importance Value ◽  
Pitch Pine ◽  
Elevational Distribution ◽  
Adaptive Ability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mountain Laurel

Because of its dense nature, mountain laurel (Kalmialatifolia L.) understories may be retarding the regeneration of xeric pitch pine (Pinusrigida Mill.) sites in the southern Appalachians and thereby influencing successional dynamics. This study examined the impact of the laurel understory on hardwood successional ecology in living pitch pine stands and pine gaps at their upper and lower elevational distribution. The laurel understory was physically removed from half the plots; the remaining plots served as a control. The plots were inventoried and all seedlings were tagged and measured to determine importance values, recruitment, survivorship, and biomass for 2 years following treatment. The results indicate that the presence or absence of the laurel understory does not affect initial seedling recruitment, survivorship, or their relative competitiveness. However, mountain laurel does suppress growth of smaller seedlings. Given the higher importance value, recruitment, and survivorship of red maple (Acerrubrum L.), the regeneration layer in these pitch pine sites is currently dominated by red maple, with scarlet oak (Quercuscoccinea Muenchh.) and other xeric-site hardwoods as associates. With the adaptive ability of red maple to take advantage of openings, red maple will continue to dominate and ultimately regenerate these communities with other hardwoods as minor associates.

Kinematics, U-Pb geochronology, and 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the Gold Hill shear zone, North Carolina: The Cherokee orogeny in Carolinia, Southern Appalachians

2012 ◽  
Vol 124 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 643-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Hibbard ◽  
B. V. Miller ◽  
W. E. Hames ◽  
I. D. Standard ◽  
J. S. Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Shear Zone ◽  
Southern Appalachians
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