Shellfish Gathering and Shell Midden Archaeology Revisited: Chronology and Taphonomy at White Oak Point, Potomac River Estuary, Virginia

Rick, Torben C.; Waselkov, Gregory A.

doi:10.1080/15564894.2014.967896

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“…both weights and MNIs has attracted criticism with discussion mostly focused on the validity of such approaches in providing unambiguous measures for the representation of taxa within a given assemblage (see Waselkov, 1987;Erlandson, 1994;Mason et al, 1998;Álvarez et al, 2011;Faulkner, 2011;Habu et al, 2011;Rick and Waselkov, 2015). Glassow, however, stated that "neither MNI nor weight proportions, is a universal unit of analysis for addressing the various questions about human predation on shellfish that archeologists frequently ask" (Glassow, 2000, p. 412).…”

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Loco or no Loco? Holocene Climatic Fluctuations, Human Demography, and Community Based Management of Coastal Resources in Northern Chile

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Loco or no Loco? Holocene Climatic Fluctuations, Human Demography, and Community Based Management of Coastal Resources in Northern Chile

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“…Post-depositional mixing and bioturbation must be considered when selecting contemporaneous sample pairs (Ascough et al 2005). In shell-dense archaeological matrixes, including shellworks sites, stratigraphy may be lacking, and disturbances difficult to detect (Rick and Waselkov 2015). It is challenging to account for uncertainty in the contemporaneity of two archaeological specimens in such as setting.…”

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Marine Reservoir Effects in Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica) from Southwestern Florida, USA

Hadden

Schwadron

2019

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In southwestern Florida, USA, terraformed landscapes built almost entirely of oyster shells (Crassostrea virginica) reflect a unique pre-Columbian tradition of shell-built architecture. The ability to reliably date oyster shells is essential to identifying spatial, temporal, and functional relationships among shellworks sites, yet to date there has been no systematic attempt to quantify or correct for carbon reservoir effects in this region. Here we present 14 radiocarbon (14C) ages for 5 known-age, pre-bomb oyster shells collected between AD 1932–1948, as well as 6 14C ages for archaeological oyster/charcoal pairs from the Turner River Mound Complex, Everglades National Park. We report our current best estimate of ΔR = 92 ± 74 yr for Greater Southwest Florida, and ΔR = –15 ± 42 yr for the Turner River archaeological site. Future research should focus on paired archaeological specimens to obtain spatially and temporally relevant estimates of ΔR.

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“…Advances in statistical analyses used to interpret radiometric data are beginning to have a substantial impact on the archaeology of eastern North America (e.g., Barrier 2017; Birch et al 2016a; Cobb et al 2015; Cook et al 2015; Krus 2016; Krus et al 2015; McNutt et al 2012; Monaghan et al 2013; Pluckhahn et al 2015; Rick and Waselkov 2015; Schilling 2013; Thompson et al 2015; Turck and Thompson 2016). The ability to formally incorporate knowledge about the archaeological record into the analysis of radiometric dates within a Bayesian framework has facilitated the construction of detailed community and regional histories through which the timing, pace, and tempo of social and cultural change can be precisely tracked at resolutions not previously accessible.…”

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Radiocarbon Data, Bayesian Modeling, and Alternative Historical Frameworks

Lulewicz¹

2017

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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This article employs comparative Bayesian chronology building to formally evaluate the quality of a legacy radiocarbon dataset from the southern Appalachian region of the southeastern United States and to interrogate the assumptions that form the basis of the extant chronological narrative for the region. By incorporating alternative assumptions into Bayesian models, a number of alternative chronological frameworks are developed and compared to one another to yield insights into the development of sociopolitical complexity across southern Appalachia between AD 600 and 1600. The treatment of alternative chronological models as working hypotheses concerning the timing, tempo, and nature of sociopolitical transformations makes use of legacy radiocarbon datasets in developing new research trajectories including the encouragement of renewed field- and lab-based investigations. As such, this article provides a case study to illustrate the value of Bayesian chronological modeling in assessing legacy radiocarbon datasets and reevaluating extant chronological frameworks. Beyond initial evaluation of extant datasets and narratives, the methods and procedures outlined below can be used to form baseline models against which newly acquired data can be formally incorporated and interpreted.

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Shellfish Gathering and Shell Midden Archaeology Revisited: Chronology and Taphonomy at White Oak Point, Potomac River Estuary, Virginia

Cited by 9 publications

References 35 publications

Loco or no Loco? Holocene Climatic Fluctuations, Human Demography, and Community Based Management of Coastal Resources in Northern Chile

Loco or no Loco? Holocene Climatic Fluctuations, Human Demography, and Community Based Management of Coastal Resources in Northern Chile

Marine Reservoir Effects in Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica) from Southwestern Florida, USA

Radiocarbon Data, Bayesian Modeling, and Alternative Historical Frameworks

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