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Bone pins and territoriality at the Koster, Black Earth and Modoc Rockshelter sites : a social contradiction model for the trend toward sedentism in the Middle Archaic Midwest

Carved and engraved bone pins from the Koster, Black Earth and Modoc Rockshelter sites have been used by Professor Richard Jefferies to investigate the development of regional-scale interaction between hunter-gatherer groups of the Midwest Middle Archaic. Using that same data, this pilot study suggests that these artifacts may also be representative material embodiments of inherent social contradictions within and between hunter-gatherer societies at an even earlier date. These contradictions and the conflicts that arose from them may rival in importance ecological and demographic paradigms as catalysts for sedentism and territoriality in the Middle Archaic Midwest.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.98559
Date January 2005
CreatorsMcNichol, Anthony J.
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Arts (Department of Anthropology.)
Rights© Anthony J. McNichol, 2005
Relationalephsysno: 002334475, proquestno: AAIMR24897, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.

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