Playa Archaeology on the Southern High Plains of Texas: A Spatial Analysis of Hunter-Gatherer Occupations at Tahoka-Walker (41LY53)

Hurst, Stance; Johnson, Eileen; Holliday, Vance T.; Butler, S.

doi:10.1179/pan.2010.018

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“…This technological study was implemented by Raw Material Units analysis (RMU) (also known as MANA: Minimum Analytical Nodule Analysis in American literature), in addition to an intensive program of refits based on the material, in order to identify the technical events from a spatio-temporal perspective (RMU: Chacón et al 2015;Cziesla 1990;López-Ortega et al 2011;2015;Machado et al 2013;2015;Marciani 2013;Roebroeks 1988;Romagnoli 2012;Schurmans 2007;Spagnolo 2013;Spagnolo et al 2016;Uthmeier 2006;Vallverdù et al 2010;Vaquero 2008;Vaquero et al 2001;2012a;2012b;2015;MANA: Bruce 2001;Byrnes 2009;Cooper & Melzer 2009;Douglass 2010;Hall 2004;Hall & Larson 2004;Hurst et al 2010;Knell 2012;Larson 1994;Larson & Ingbar 1992;Larson & Finley 2004;Larson & Kornfeld 1997;Miller 2016;Scerri et al 2016;White 2012;Yoshikawa 2010).…”

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Middle Palaeolithic technical behaviour: Material import-export and Levallois production at the SU 13 of Oscurusciuto rock shelter, Southern Italy

Marciani

Spagnolo

Aureli

et al. 2016

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The Oscurusciuto rock shelter, located in southern Italy (Puglia), has yielded a long Middle Palaeolithic stratigraphy rich in lithic assemblages, fireplaces and faunal remains, attesting Neanderthal occupation during the MIS 3. This paper is focused on the stratigraphic unit 13, consisting of a sandy compact deposit mixed with pyroclastic sediment above a thick level of tephra-US 14, identified as Mt. Epomeo green tuff (dated Ar/Ar ~ 55 ka).\ud Level 13 represents the first stable human occupation after the deposition of tephra. Our goal was to examine the lithic assemblage of this stratigraphic unit by means of an interdisciplinary approach (technology, RMU, refitting program) in order to identify the economic behaviour and technical strategies of Neanderthals occupying the stratigraphic unit 13 of Oscurusciuto.\ud The technical strategies applied indicate fragmentation of the reduction processes, as well as probable events of importation and exportation of objects. The lithic material were introduced at different stages of manufacturing. Pieces were introduced in the form of rough objects (pebbles), as well as semi-finished items, and as finished tools. This fragmentation of the chaîne opératoire also demonstrate the palimpsest nature of the level which is made up of different events happening one after another.\ud The main concept of debitage was Levallois, generally realized on local jasper and siliceous limestone pebbles or cortical flakes. Jasper and siliceous limestone flakes, backed flakes and convergent flakes were the technological objectives of the debitage. A marginal volumetric debitage aimed at producing bladelets was also attested

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Middle Palaeolithic technical behaviour: Material import-export and Levallois production at the SU 13 of Oscurusciuto rock shelter, Southern Italy

Marciani

Spagnolo

Aureli

et al. 2016

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“…Playa lakes provided oases while occupying these uplands, offering access to predictable water, smaller game and waterfowl, and diverse vegetation (Haukos and Smith 1994;Litwinionek et al 2003;Wedel 1963). Our understanding of playa use is well established in the Southern Plains, where archaeologists have built an extensive record of playa occupation (Brosowske and Bement 1998;Hartwell 1995;Hill et al 1995;Holliday et al 1994;Hurst et al 2010;LaBelle et al 2003;Mandel and Hofman 2003;Turpin et al 1997). However, little was known about how Native American peoples used these wetland landscapes in the Plains of eastern Colorado prior to our study.…”

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LaBelle

Toft²,

Matsuda³

2022

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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Our professional understanding of the archaeological record is informed through academic research interest, the nature (tensions of time/money/location) of cultural resource management, and the ability of archaeologists to fully access diverse forms of data potentially available to them. Knowledge of eastern Colorado is poorly known, given that 40% of the state is publicly owned (federal and state) and most professional work occurs on land administered by federal agencies in western Colorado. Given this research disparity, we argue that professional archaeologists in eastern Colorado would certainly benefit from expanding their research networks to include the efforts of avocational archaeologists. Our article describes how artifact collectors have searched eastern Colorado for the past 100 years; although their methods differ from professional approaches, their cumulative efforts provide a nuanced read of the archaeological record. Differences relate to increased time spent on sites, access to a variety of landforms, and repeated visits over the long term. We present a case study on playa lake archaeology to emphasize these concepts and provide suggestions as to how archaeologists can create better partnerships to unlock potentially novel perspectives of the archaeological record.

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“…Despite the ubiquity of chipped stone artifacts at sites across the globe, thus far, all implementations of MANA have focused on sites associated with anatomically modern hunter-gatherers or earlier foraging hominids (Bruce 2001;Byrnes 2009;Cooper and Meltzer 2009;Hurst et al 2010;Johnson et al 2008;Knell 2009Kornfeld et al 2007;Larson and Ingbar 1992;Larson and Kornfeld 1997;Scerri et al 2015;Stout et al 2010;Turq et al 2013;White 2012;Yoshikawa 2010;see also Frison 1974;Kelly 1985 for similar approaches not formally expressed as MANA). These sites tend to be camps or logistical sites occupied by relatively small groups for relatively short periods of time.…”

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confidence: 97%

MANA from heaven: Testing the utility of minimum analytical nodule analysis at large, repeatedly reoccupied ceremonial sites

Miller

2016

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Playa Archaeology on the Southern High Plains of Texas: A Spatial Analysis of Hunter-Gatherer Occupations at Tahoka-Walker (41LY53)

Cited by 9 publications

References 14 publications

Middle Palaeolithic technical behaviour: Material import-export and Levallois production at the SU 13 of Oscurusciuto rock shelter, Southern Italy

Middle Palaeolithic technical behaviour: Material import-export and Levallois production at the SU 13 of Oscurusciuto rock shelter, Southern Italy

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MANA from heaven: Testing the utility of minimum analytical nodule analysis at large, repeatedly reoccupied ceremonial sites

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