ANT317H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Indigenous Peoples Of The Eastern Woodlands, Spear-Thrower, Hunter-Gatherer
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Archaic (8,000-1,000 bc: dating is arbitrary, extremely diverse across eastern woodlands through time and space, divided into early, middle and late by the division of projectile points. Archaic in ontario: early, side-notched, corner-notched, bifurcated horizon. Side-notched - extremely rare: corner-notched - much more common, serrated edges, bifurcated - wide-spread, know very little about them, middle, stemmed, otter creek, brewerton. Late archaic habitation site: broad point 2,500-2,250 bc. Small point 1,400-1,050 bc: houses and middens. Semi-subterranean - b/c you are able to control heat by building a heat trap. Midden deposits: garbage accumulation - suggestive of long occupation. "glacial kame" mortuary complex: burials had grave inclusions, usually something symbolic like wolf crania turned into a pendant, bone gorget etc. Mortuary practices: assumption, a correlation exists b/w level of social complexity and differential treatment of the dead, e. g. tomb of pharaoh tutankhamen, hierarchical society.
