An enduring problem in North American archaeology concerns the nature of the transition
between the Clovis and Folsom Paleoindian complexes in the West. Traditional models …

We present new chronologies that inform the timing and tempo of shell ring and shell mound
construction on the South Atlantic Bight. Our project combines recently acquired dates with …

As the use of large-scale radiocarbon datasets becomes more common and applications of
Bayesian chronological modeling become a standard aspect of archaeological practice, it is …

Migration was embraced as a general phenomenon by cultural historical archaeologists in
the Eastern Woodlands, subsequently rejected by processualists, and recently invoked …

We consider the history, present, and future of radiocarbon dating in the American
Southeast. We point out some of the past and present flaws related to archaeological …

North America's ancient copper use, predicted to originate as early as 9000 cal BP,
represents the earliest use of native copper for utilitarian tool production in the world …

This article employs comparative Bayesian chronology building to formally evaluate the
quality of a legacy radiocarbon dataset from the southern Appalachian region of the …

The distribution of mounds, plazas, and defensive palisades associated with Cahokia
Mounds State Historic Site (CMSHS) defines the core urban environment of Eastern North …

The adoption of more sedentary residential practices is a long process in which groups shift
in size, permanence, makeup, and even location in response to the social, demographic …

Long-term interactions between people and places has been a focal point for archaeologists
since the beginnings of the discipline. Monuments are one analytical unit of analysis that …