In this Book
- Paleoindian Societies of the Coastal Southeast
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: University Press of Florida
For more than 130 years, research aimed at understanding Paleoindian occupation of the coastal Southeast has progressed at a glacial pace. In this volume, James Dunbar suggests that the most important archaeological and paleontological resources in the Americas still remain undiscovered in Florida's karst river basins.
The late Pleistocene-early Holocene landscape hosted more species and greater numbers of them in the Southeast compared to any other region in North America at that time. Through extensive research, Dunbar demonstrates a masterful understanding of the lifeways of the region’s people and the animals they hunted, showing that the geography and diversity of food sources was unique to that period. Building a case for the wealth of information yet to be unearthed, he provides a fresh perspective on the distant past and an original way of thinking about early life on the land mass we call Florida.
Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- pp. vii-x
- List of Tables
- pp. xi-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-45
- 2. Stratigraphy
- pp. 46-106
- 3. Chronology
- pp. 107-120
- 4. Climate Change
- pp. 121-163
- 5. Habitat, Resource, and Subsistence
- pp. 164-186
- 6. Artifacts and Technology
- pp. 187-228
- 7. The Context Approach
- pp. 229-248
- References Cited
- pp. 261-312