Lithic debitage was recovered from archaeological salvage excavations from an intact organic anaerobic deposit that was uncovered during the replacement of a retaining wall along the northeastern shore of Salt Springs in the Ocala National Forest, Florida. Radiocarbon dating from this organic deposit has yielded dates from 5450-4407 cal. B.P. placing this deposit within the Mt. Taylor period. Two different techniques of analysis have developed to review lithic debitage – Individual Flake Analysis and Aggregate Analysis and were used to differentiate core reduction from tool production during the Mt. Taylor occupations at the Salt Springs site (8MR2322). This combination of lithic debitage analysis techniques has been applied to lithic debitage recovered during excavations. Along with the other recovered lithics, faunal, botanical, the lithic debitage demonstrated that the site was used to produce and retouch tools, suggesting seasonally short-term occupations during the Mt. Taylor period. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Anthropology in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. / Summer Semester, 2011. / April 25, 2011. / Lithics, Salt Springs, Archaeology, Mt. Taylor / Includes bibliographical references. / Rochelle A. Marrinan, Professor Directing Thesis; Glen H. Doran, Committee Member; Lynne A. Schepartz, Committee Member; Michael A. Russo, Committee Member.
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| Contributors | Stanton, Thadra Ann Palmer (authoraut), Marrinan, Rochelle A. (professor directing thesis), Doran, Glen H. (committee member), Schepartz, Lynne A. (committee member), Russo, Michael A. (committee member), Department of Anthropology (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
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