Late Pleistocene Archaeology and Ecology in the Far Northeast

Contents

List of Figures and Tables vii Foreword, by Christopher Ellis xi Acknowledgments xv chapter i. Introduction: Toward the Consolidation of a Cultural and Environmental Framework Claude Chapdelaine and Richard A. Boisvert 1 PART I. REGIONAL SYNTHESES chapter ii. Paleoindian Occupations in the Hudson Valley, New York Jonathan C. Lothrop and James W. Bradley 9 chapter iii. Maritime Mountaineers: Paleoindian Settlement Patterns on the West Coast of New England John G. Crock and Francis W. Robinson IV 48 chapter iv. The Paleoindian Period in New Hampshire Richard A. Boisvert 77 chapter v. Geographic Clusters of Fluted Point Sites in the Far Northeast Arthur Spiess, Ellen Cowie, and Robert Bartone 95 PART II. SPECIALIZED STUDIES chapter vi. New Sites and Lingering Questions at the Debert and Belmont Sites, Nova Scotia Leah Morine Rosenmeier, Scott Buchanan, Ralph Stea, and Gordon Brewster 113 chapter vii. The Early Paleoindian Occupation at the Cliche-Rancourt Site, Southeastern Quebec Claude Chapdelaine 135 chapter viii. The Burial of Early Paleoindian Artifacts in the Podzols of the Cliche-Rancourt Site, Quebec François Courchesne, Jacynthe Masse, and Marc Girard 164 chapter ix. The Bull Brook Paleoindian Site and Jeffreys Ledge: A Gathering Place near Caribou Island? Brian S. Robinson 182 chapter x. Between the Mountains and the Sea: An Exploration of the Champlain Sea and Paleoindian Land Use in the Champlain Basin Francis W. Robinson IV 191 chapter xi. Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Adaptation: The Case of the Strait of Quebec Jean-Yves Pintal 218 Contributors 237 Index 239 contents ...