Meadowood Phase Settlement Pattern in the Niagara Frontier Region of Western New York State

Contents
List of Figures
List of Plates
List of Maps
List of Tables
Preface
I. Introduction
	Methods of Analysis
II. Historical Review and General Description of Meadowood Phase Culture
	The Point Peninsula Focus, Vine Valley Aspect, Woodland Pattern
	The Early Woodland Period
	Meadowood Phase of New York State
	Chronological and Geographical Relationships of Meadowood Phase
III. The Natural Environment of the Study Area
	Flora and Fauna
	Climate: Palynology and Other Evidence
	Meadowood Sites: Locations and Natural Associations
IV. The Sinking Ponds Site
	Introduction
	Physiography and Geology
	Excavations
	Features
	Artifacts
	Natural Resources
	Intrasite Activities and Chronology
V. The Riverhaven Complex
	Introduction
	Physiography and Geology
	Spicer Creek 1, 2 and Riverhaven 4 Sites
	Riverhaven 2 Site
	Natural Resources of the Riverhaven Complex
	Riverhaven Complex: Intrasite Activities
	Riverhaven Complex: Chronology
VI. Sinking Ponds, Riverhaven 2 and Affiliated Sites as Settlement Types
	Sinkinking Ponds and Associated Loci as Settlement Types
	Riverhaven Complex Sites as Settlement Types
	Summary of Settlement Types
VII. The Systemics of Meadowood Phase Settlement Pattern: Interpretation and Speculation
	The System of Procurement
	The System of Processing
	The System of Manufacture
	The System of Storage
	The Ceremony and Exchange System
	The Habitation System or Settlement Pattern
	Summary
Appendixes
	Appendix A: Artifact Attributes
	Appendix B: Flint Detritus Analysis
	Appendix C: Faunal Relationships
References Cited
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