Contents
Preface
Introduction: Five Big Questions for the Study of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeological Record in the American Southeast | D. Shane Miller, Ashley M. Smallwood, and Jesse W. Tune
Part I. State Records: Key Sites and Research
1. Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeology in Alabama, Past and Present | Steven M. Meredith
2. Evidence of Paleoindians in the Highlands and Lowlands of Arkansas | Juliet E. Morrow, J. Christopher Gillam, Sarah D. Stuckey, and Sean A. Roades
3. The Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeology of Florida | Jessi J. Halligan and Grayal E. Farr
4. Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in Georgia | Ashley M. Smallwood, Thomas A. Jennings, K. C. Jones, and Sydney O’Brien
5. An Overview of Paleoindian Occupations in Kentucky | Kary L. Stackelbeck and Greg J. Maggard
6. Louisiana Paleoindian and Early Archaic | Thomas A. Jennings and Charlotte D. Pevny
7. A Summary of Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in Mississippi | Derek T. Anderson, James L. Strawn, Samuel O. Brookes, and D. Shane Miller
8. Recent Developments in Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in North Carolina | I. Randolph Daniel Jr. and Christopher R. Moore
9. Paleoindian and Early Archaic South Carolina | Kara Bridgman Sweeney, J. Christopher Gillam, and Christopher R. Moore
10. Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in Tennessee: The Past, Present, and Future | Jesse W. Tune, Jay D. Franklin, and Lauren M. Franklin
11. Evolving Perspectives on Virginia’s Paleoindian Record | Joseph A. M. Gingerich and William A. Childress
Part II. The Regional Perspective
12. Paleoindian Lithic Resources and Mobility: A Model for the Southeast | Ryan M. Parish and Adam M. Burke
13. Contributions of Submerged Archaeological Research to the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Record of the Southeast | Morgan F. Smith, Shawn A. Joy, Michael R. Waters, Jessi J. Halligan, Michael K. Faught, David K. Thulman, Angelina G. Perrotti, Bre
14. Stalking the Most Predictable Prey: Early Gatherers in the Eastern Woodlands | Kandace D. Hollenbach and Stephen B. Carmody
15. Plant and Animal Communities in the Southeastern United States during the Late Pleistocene | Chris Widga, Derek T. Anderson, and Renee B. Whitman
16. The Organization of Early Archaic Chipped Stone Technology: A Case Study | Katherine McMillan Barry and Philip J. Carr
17. Dust Cave: A Retrospective | Sarah C. Sherwood
18. Southeastern Late Paleoindian through Early Archaic Chronologies | David K. Thulman
19. A Large-Scale Appraisal of Paleoindian Spatial Demography in the Eastern Woodlands | Andrew A. White and David G. Anderson
20. Ethical Considerations in the Development and Maintenance of Large Research Databases: The Paleoindian Database of the Americas (PIDBA) Example | David G. Anderson and D. Shane Miller
Part III. Perspective and Future Directions for Archaeology in the American Southeast at the End of the Last Ice Age
21. An Outsider’s View of Paleoindian Archaeology in the Southeast | Vance T. Holliday
22. Five Future Directions for Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeology in the American Southeast | D. Shane Miller, Ashley M. Smallwood, and Jesse W. Tune
References Cited
Contributors
Index