Hardaway Revisited: Early Archaic Settlement in the Southeast

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments This book represents a revised copy of my dissertation that I submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in 1994. While conducting this research, I was fortunate to receive considerable guidance and support, which I wish to acknowledge here. Special thanks are due to the members of my doctoral committee: Steve Davis, Al Goodyear, George Holcomb, Vin Steponaitis, Trawick Ward, and Bruce Winterhalder. As director of the Research Laboratories of Anthropology (RLA) and the chair of my committee, Vin Steponaitis deserves special credit. Vin supported my research in numerous ways, almost on a daily basis. In particular , Vin’s sound advice was critical (in both senses of the term) while I wrote (and rewrote) the National Science Foundation grant eventually used to support the quarry and collections survey that were essential to placing the Hardaway site in a regional context. Similarly, his substantive and editorial comments considerably improved an earlier draft of this manuscript. Daily support was also provided in the RLA by Trawick Ward and Steve Davis. Much of the data I have analyzed here was excavated by Trawick during several summers in the 1970s when he was ¤eld supervisor of ¤eldwork at Hardaway. He and I had innumerable conversations during my research as I attempted to understand vicariously the nature of the¤eldwork at Hardaway. Likewise, Steve aided my research by answering my many computer questions, by facilitating my cataloging, and eventually by replacing the material in the collections. Steve also provided detailed comments on a draft of this document. (With Steve and Vin, two former editors of Southeastern Archaeology, on my committee, I did not want for editorial criticism.) Al Goodyear’s work has had a fundamental in®uence on my research that predates my return to graduate school. During this project, Al made several trips to the RLA, where we had intense discussions concerning early Holocene archaeology. I was always inspired by the enthusiasm with which he addressed problems of typology, chronology, raw material use, and site formation. Al also identi¤ed the pièces esquillées I had overlooked in the assemblage. I also appreciate the help of Bruce Winterhalder and the late George Holcomb, who read and commented on this manuscript. I am especially indebted to the late Bob Butler, whose geological expertise was invaluable to my research, although he was not a formal member of my committee. Bob devoted a considerable amount of time to this project, which included numerous winter days spent surveying the Uwharrie Mountains for rhyolite quarries. I particularly enjoyed these trips, during which time he shared his considerable knowledge of the geology of the Carolina Slate Belt. Several other colleagues contributed in a variety of ways to the completion of this project. In particular, Joffre Coe, Gary Glover, David Moore, and Billy Oliver provided information concerning their experiences at Hardaway . Thanks are also due to David Anderson, David Meltzer, and several anonymous reviewers who provided critical comments on an early draft of my National Science Foundation proposal. I am also grateful to David Anderson and Larry Kimball for reviewing the manuscript and recommending its publication. Tommy Charles deserves special thanks for putting me in touch with several collectors from South Carolina. Tommy also graciously allowed me access to his collections survey data. Thanks also go to Jim Michie for allowing me to view the Taylor assemblage. It was largely the result of our conversations concerning the unique variability of stone types in the Taylor collection that got me to thinking about Taylor’s implications for Early Archaic settlement. Finally, my understanding of the Early Archaic has bene¤ted from informal discussions with other colleagues including Mark Brooks, Steve Claggett, Joel Gunn, Larry Kimball, Mark Mathis, Alan May, Tom Padgett, Ken Robinson, Ken Sassaman, Ann Tippitt, and Tom Whyte. The quarry research and subsequent collections survey were made possible by the assistance of several people and institutions. Foremost, ¤nancial support was provided by the National Science Foundation (BNS8921648 ). Rodney Snedeker and Michael Harmon were particularly helpful in our survey of the Uwharrie National Forest. Similarly, the cooperation of the staff at Morrow Mountain State Park is appreciated. The Of¤ce of State Archaeology in Raleigh (especially Steve Claggett) also supported our survey. The survey around Asheboro was facilitated by John Arsenault, John Davis, Mike Murrow, and Bill Terrell. Estella Stansbury provided the of¤ce assistance necessary to ensure that the NSF grant was handled properly. The Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA), Badin Works, deserves particular...