…America older than those along the corridor to Alaska? How do we explain the presence of crude, non-projectile point tool assemblages that seem unrelated to any known and datable New World cultures? As answers to these questions, Brennan suggests…

[Various (1971)] Fewer than 20 out of the 450 post molds recorded had diameters larger than .35 ft. The diameter of these larger post molds was usually .8 ft. It was impossible in most cases to determine how far the…

…Since part of the site had been scraped by a commercial bulldozer prior to its discovery, depth was taken from a constant point. Each square was excavated in three levels: Level No. 52, July 1971 23 1, surface and topsoil…

…The fact that many aboriginal cultures are represented by the artifact collection, leads one to believe that the site may not have been occupied permanently by any of them, but may have been a gathering place or a portaging point…

…Thus the only pottery we have found in two years of digging at Kettle Rock Point is very early. This earliness or priority is confirmed by its stratigraphic position. The midden where our latest Vinette I-like pottery occurs itself…

…The real date of the Croton Point shell midden (Brennan 1963:14) tested at 5863 ± 200 (Y 1315) would be 7108 B.P. The real No. 39, March 1967 11 date of the Otter Creek phase hearth at Sylvan Lake…

[Various (1971)] There were also important changes in his older classifications of some cultures, descriptions of newly defined complexes, and finally a concise discussion of the data favoring the in situ evolution of Iroquoian culture. A revised edition of the…

[Various (1971)] 1959 The Eastern Dispersal of Adena (with Don W . Dragoo), American Antiquity, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 43-50, Salt Lake City, 1959 Excavation of an Owasco Village Site in New York: Report on 1958 Settlement Pattern Studies…

[Various (1971)] Parker scheme, already coming apart at the seams, and grouped his archeological cultures according to a strictly arbitrary classification, which almost entirely avoided the ethnic connotations of the old 14 THE BULLETIN scheme. He was the first archeologist…

[Various (1971)] Farther east, in southern New England, we have a hearth charcoal radiocarbon date of 2270 B.C. ± 160 years (Y-1530) attributable to a weak Laurentian manifestation in Stratum 4 at the Hornblower II site on Martha's…

[Various (1971)] 1 2 1 It would appear that most, if not all, of the vessels were cord roughened at one stage of their manufacture and. latter certain areas were smoothed. Criterion 2: Interior Surface Finish. The interior surface finish…

[Various (1971)] (in press) __________, and Robert E. Funk n.d.b Evidence for Early Archaic Occupations on Staten Island. (in press) Robbins, Maurice 1960 Wapanucket No. 6, An Archaic Village in Middleboro, Massachusetts. Cohannet Chapter, Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Inc. Attleboro…

[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] We have not as yet found any similar evidences on the west branch of the river as were found on the east branch to strengthen our theory. It is possible we never may, as…

[Various (1971)] since been done; it was appropriately festooned with sentiment. Despite the short notice Dr. Ritchie's well-earned departure was signalized by an appropriate recognition of its significance to Dr. Ritchie, who has happy plans for his leisure…

…Brennan et al. (1962)] On the north shore of Lake Ontario, Bay of Quinte’ Component, a Point Peninsula Focus burial mound contained several natural concretions and fossils in addition to various burial offerings (Ritchie, 1944, p. 178). Fossil brachiopods stained…

…Base and point fragments only Celts: Fragments of various types Hammerstones: Flint hammers, bi-pitted, and single pitted pebbles Net Sinkers: Notched and combination sinker and whetstone Sinew Stones: Grooved and combination sinew and whetstone Whetstones: Tabular form Pestles: Fragments…

[Various (1971)] In the early 1950's he synthesized his work on certain enigmatic burial sites with the formulation of the seminal idea of a "basic core of religiosity," which pervaded a variety of northeastern cultures at the dawn the…

[Various (1971)] Archaeological Evidence for Ceremonialism in the Owasco Culture. Researches and Transactions, N.Y. State Archeological Association, Vol. XI, No. 2, pp. iii, 55-75, Rochester, N.Y. What's New in Archaeology? Museum Service, Vol. 20, No. 9…

[Various (1971)] is evidence for a close community settlement pattern, with three circular structures adjacent to each other and the wall. The spacing of small posts suggests that these structures were covered with material which was probably 1 ft. wide…

[Various (1971)] It would appear that the overburden must have been deposited fairly rapidly (five to six successive floodings) since there is no layering of silt and organic material and very little organic material is scattered through the silt. The…

[Various (1971)] Knives: The single specimen is bifacially worked but has wear marks only on one edge. It may have been hafted. Utilized flakes: Over 1300 flint flakes were recovered, of which only 15 specimens appeared to have been utilized…

[Various (1971)] This awareness that a comprehensive picture of whole cultural contexts could only be approached through the elucidation of settlement data-the "frozen" aspect of prehistoric social structure-motivated him to plan a multi-season project on sites of…

[Various (1971)] The 163 burials found in the midden covering the island in our several excavations occurred in a wide variety of modes and arrangements, and yielded skeletal remains and grave goods of singularly instructive character. There was one category…

[Various (1971)] Early Woodland pottery styles were diffused into the Northeast late in the Transitional stage. At the O'Neil site we found sherds of Vinette 1 ware (Ritchie and MacNeish 1949: 100) in the upper levels of the Frost…

[Various (1971)] ECOLOGY OF THE SITE The ecology of this site is presently under investigation. Soil samples were collected from many of the features. These are being processed by water flotation. The result is a sample of the seed material…

[Various (1971)] While the weight of the evidence, cultural and chronological, strongly indicates that the Brewerton phase was still extant in central New York around 2000 B.C., we have, unfortunately, no way of assessing the antiquity of the key…

[Various (1971)] 1945 1945 17 The Iroquois and the Birdstone, American Antiquity, Volume II, No. 3, pp. 214-215, Menasha, Wis. The Culture Sequence in New York. Museum Service, Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, May, Rochester, N.Y. A…

[Various (1971)] As I have long and frequently stated, I regard the Laurentian tradition of the Late Archaic stage as having its immediate source in the Lake Forest belt lying adjacent on the south to the Great Lakes and extending…

[Various (1971)] Beginning about 4000 B.C., the warmer climatic conditions of the Xerothermic period were attended first, by an oak-pine, then by an oak-hickory forest succession, both highly favorable as habitats for the most valued game animals…

[Various (1971)] An Algonkian Village Site near Levanna, New York. Research Records, No. 1, pp. 1-27. Rochester Municipal Museum, Rochester, N.Y. Hamtinerstones, Anvils and Certain Pitted Stones. Researches and Transactions of New York State Archeological Association, Vol. VII…