This paper summarizes current evidence for earliest human occupation of northeastern
North America during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene. We review evolution of the …

Large social aggregations are among the most highly organized events associated with
mobile hunter-gatherers. The Bull Brook Paleoindian site in Ipswich, Massachusetts …

Distance and direction to source data were compiled on the main toolstones employed at 83
Paleoindian sites with concave-based points (ca. 11,000–10,000 BP) from across the …

The purpose of this paper is to propose a set of definitions for the Paleoindian bifaces
currently known within the New England-Maritimes Region. This approach has grown from …

This paper examines environmental and archaeological data for the Younger Dryas
(YD)(12,900–11,600 calibrated years before present)(cal BP) and early Holocene (11,600 …

Red chert attributed to a small number of outcrops within the Munsungun Lake formation,
northern Maine is nearly ubiquitous in late Pleistocene Fluted-Point-Period (FPP) …

Synthetic treatments of the archaeology of eastern North America have traditionally
emphasized cultural change through time. However, unlike many other areas of eastern …

This paper discusses the Late Paleoindian period in northeastern North America as seen
from the Varney Farm site, an early Holocene occupation in western Maine. The Varney …

Two recently discovered sites on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Connecticut
document the effects of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition on the region's early hunter …

Red chert attributed to the Munsungun Lake Formation, Maine, USA is common in late
Pleistocene fluted‐point‐period archaeological sites located throughout the New England …