The Leavitt Site: A Parkhill Phase Paleo-Indian Occupation in Central Michigan

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Contents List of tables List of figures Foreword, by Henry T. Wright Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction and Narrative of Investigation Introduction Great Lakes Paleo-Indian Systematics Site Setting History of Investigation Overview of Report Chapter 2. The Environmental Context of Occupation at Leavitt Introduction The Paleoenvironment, 11,000-10,000 B.P. Chert Sources Chapter 3. Site Stratigraphy Feature Discovery Feature 4 Dating Feature 4 Discussion Chapter 4. Core and Flake Debris Cores Flake Debris Analysis Comparative Analysis Interpretations of Flake Debris Discussion Chapter 5. Unifaces Introduction Uniface Attributes Bifacial Reduction Nodular or Tabular Core Reduction Miscellaneous Artifacts Unifaces of Other Material Conjoinable Fragments Assemblage Characteristics Evidence for Hafting Form and Function of End Scrapers Conclusion Chapter 6. Bifaces Introduction The Biface Assemblage Tool Descriptions Small Bifaces Broken Bifaces Later-Period Diagnostic Bifaces The Biface Reduction Trajectory Continuous Variation in Fluted Bifaces Conclusion Chapter 7. Assemblage Formation Process Introduction Discard Processes Implications of Discard Processes Analysis Conclusion Chapter 8. Spatial Analysis Spatial Analysis in Forager Sites Spatial Analysis in Great Lakes Paleo-Indian Sites Spatial Distributions and Structure at Leavitt Conclusion Chapter 9. Conclusion Introduction Cultural Approaches in Paleo-Indian Studies Scale of the Paleo-Indian Record Scales of Data Recovery An Organizational Approach Conclusion Appendix Archaeobotanical Remains from the Leavitt Site / Kathryn Egan Bibliography