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The Chronostratigraphy of Big Bone Lick and its Archaeological Implications

Mortensen, Litsa A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378108927

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2013, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Anthropology.
This study presents and evaluates data obtained from five 2x2m profiles at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, Kentucky during summer fieldwork excavations of 2012. Through a multi-stage and multi-method approach this study provides a chronostratigraphic view of past geomorphic landscapes at the State Historic Site. The data are presented and evaluated to include sediment stratigraphy, archaeosediment stratigraphy, particle-size analysis, cultural artifacts, vertebrate paleontology, optically stimulated luminescence dates, and radiocarbon dates. The data are then correlated and integrated into geochronological, archaeological, and paleoenvironmental aspects. The current landscape, environmental information, historical information, and previous archaeological work at Big Bone State Historic Site are all taken into account. The ultimate goal of archaeology is to determine the interrelationships between past human cultures and the environment in which they lived. The environment is a dynamic factor in the analysis of archaeological content (Butzer 1982). Geoarchaeology aims to use geological information for archaeological use. The purpose of geoarchaeology is to reconstruct past environments and landscapes in which prehistoric people lived and apply the information to the archaeological record. By examining the chronostratigraphy of Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, Kentucky, this study aims to define what the environment was like at different periods of human habitation as well as how the environment and subsequently, human occupation, changed with climatic fluctuations since the Late Pleistocene.
Kenneth Tankersley, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Vernon Scarborough, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
236 p.
Archaeology
Big Bone Lick; Stratigraphy; Chronostratigraphy; Particle Size Analysis; Archaeology; Boone County

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  • Mortensen, L. A. (2013). The Chronostratigraphy of Big Bone Lick and its Archaeological Implications [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378108927

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mortensen, Litsa. The Chronostratigraphy of Big Bone Lick and its Archaeological Implications. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378108927.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mortensen, Litsa. "The Chronostratigraphy of Big Bone Lick and its Archaeological Implications." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378108927

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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