Fish, Amphibian and Reptile Remains from Archaeological Sites. I, South-Eastern and Southwestern United States; Appendix: The Osteology of the Wild Turkey

Man ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 656
Author(s):  
Robert Purnell ◽  
Stanley J. Olsen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Wild Turkey ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
South Eastern

The Archaeological Visibility of Storage: Delineating Storage from Trash Areas

1999 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Kent
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Kalahari Desert ◽  
Storage Behavior ◽  
Activity Areas

Despite the importance attributed to the study of storage behavior, little research has been conducted to determine whether it is even possible to distinguish storage áreas from refuse áreas. Archaeologists routinely separate storage pits from trash pits, but few have systematically investigated the defining characteristics of each. This study suggests that there is an archaeologically visible signature that can help researchers correctly interpret these loci. Research at occupied and recently abandoned camps among the now sedentary residents of Kutse in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana shows that refuse areas have a more homogeneous artifact inventory, regardless of the number of objects present. In contrast, non-trash activity areas at the same camps have a more heterogeneous, or diverse, inventory. The applicability and utility of this finding to the archaeological record is evaluated through the analysis of a Pueblo II Anasazi archaeological site from the southwestern United States. Patterns first recognized ethnoarchaeologically also appear to be recognizable in the archaeological record using the same methods. The results indicate that the statistical tests described here are applicable to distinguishing trash from other activity areas at archaeological sites.

The Useful Wild Plants of Texas, the South-Eastern and Southwestern United States, the Southern Plains, and Northern Mexico. Vol. 1

Taxon ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 857
Author(s):  
Rudolf Schmid ◽  
Lynn Marshall ◽  
Scooter Cheatham ◽  
Marshall C. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
The South ◽  
Southern Plains ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
South Eastern
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