Author:
Thompson Victor D.,Smith Karen Y.,Sanger Matthew,Garland Carey J.,Pluckhahn Thomas J.,Napora Katharine,Bedell Jennifer Dodd,Hadden Carla,Cherkinsky Alex,Cajigas Rachel,Blair Elliot H.,Semon Anna M.,Thomas David Hurst
Abstract
AbstractWe present new chronologies that inform the timing and tempo of shell ring and shell mound construction on the South Atlantic Bight. Our project combines recently acquired dates with legacy radiocarbon dates from over 25 rings and mounds to provide a higher-resolution chronology regarding the occupation and formation of this larger landscape of the earliest fishing villages along the East Coast of the United States. We resolve the ordering and timing of occupation of these rings and mounds through Bayesian statistical modeling. These new models historicize and contextualize these shell rings in ways previously impossible. Specifically, our new chronologies of these villages indicate that the earliest villages were established prior to the invention of pottery. The early period of village establishment evidences isolated village rings, whereas later periods seem to have more villages, but these appear to have been relocated to other areas and/or islands over time. Shell mounds are fewer in number, are spread throughout the time period, and may represent special purpose sites compared to shell-rings. Once villages spread, they quickly adopted new technologies (i.e., pottery) and created new institutions and practiced village relocation, which allowed this way of life to persist for more than a thousand years.
Funder
National Science Foundation
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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