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Visualizing Paleoindian and Archaic Mobility in the Ohio Region of Eastern North America

Colucci, Amanda Nicole
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492672487141638

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2017, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Geography.
The Great Lakes-riverine region of eastern North America has been inhabited by human populations for at least 11,500 years. Following the initial colonization by highly mobile early Paleoindian populations (11,500-10,500 RYBP), it has generally been accepted that regional groups exploited successively smaller home ranges and were less mobile as a function of increasing population density and increased packing during the subsequent Archaic period (9,500-4,000 RYBP). This line of thinking can be traced back to Joseph Caldwell (1958) and his seminal concept of a “Primary Forest Efficiency.” This dissertation seeks to systematically and quantitatively evaluate Caldwell’s premise by mapping the spatial interaction and distribution of diagnostic and distinctively styled prehistoric hunting implements at five intervals across a 7,500-year span of time. Established methodologies of analysis from the field of archaeology are combined with the introduction of spatial interpolation and a geographic perspective to create a more refined visualization of the transition in mobility behavior throughout time for the region. While there is a trend towards the localization of prehistoric populations, the actual reduction in mobility range size throughout time is more complex than previously assumed.
Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, PhD (Advisor)
Mark Seeman, PhD (Advisor)
James Tyner, PhD (Committee Member)
Eric Shook, PhD (Committee Member)
Richard Meindl, PhD (Committee Member)
Alison Smith, PhD (Committee Member)
177 p.
Archaeology; Geography
Paleoindian, Archaic, Mobility, GIS, Interpolation

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  • Colucci, A. N. (2017). Visualizing Paleoindian and Archaic Mobility in the Ohio Region of Eastern North America [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492672487141638

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Colucci, Amanda. Visualizing Paleoindian and Archaic Mobility in the Ohio Region of Eastern North America. 2017. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492672487141638.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Colucci, Amanda. "Visualizing Paleoindian and Archaic Mobility in the Ohio Region of Eastern North America." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492672487141638

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