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Settlement and subsistence- key concepts: mobility and sedentism. May not involve all members of the group. Not a threshold- sedentism is not permanent. Stone tools: raw materials, diversity of tool types. Sedentism can tell us: religious, political organization, trade, subsistence, storage. )- resource stress or conserve resources; cyclical movements of a group among territories. Residential mobility: relocation of group within territory; moves consumers to resources. Logistical mobility: movements of task groups or individuals out from and back to residential locations; brings resources to consumers. Groups with low residential mobility: collector: conceptual tools. Activities link past, present, future- long term. Technical facilities used in food production (food processing in large scale, e. g. increase in storage) Burning-patches-encourage specific plant that they want or attract an animal. Trend and tradition in the prehistory of the eastern u. s (1958) Over course of archaic people become better at exploiting resources. South shore of lake erie: small, ephemeral.
