This book details important study contexts in southeastern Paleoindian archaeology. The chapter 1 overview of paradigm-based approaches to Paleoindian archaeology on both national and regional levels is succeeded by the regionally focused contexts examined in chapters 2 through 7: stratigraphy; chronology; late Pleistocene climate change; habitat, resource, and subsistence change; and finally, artifacts and technology. The book focuses on wetland and underwater Paleoindian site potentials that have been evolving in significant ways over the last three decades. Florida, and to a lesser extent s ... More

This book details important study contexts in southeastern Paleoindian archaeology. The chapter 1 overview of paradigm-based approaches to Paleoindian archaeology on both national and regional levels is succeeded by the regionally focused contexts examined in chapters 2 through 7: stratigraphy; chronology; late Pleistocene climate change; habitat, resource, and subsistence change; and finally, artifacts and technology. The book focuses on wetland and underwater Paleoindian site potentials that have been evolving in significant ways over the last three decades. Florida, and to a lesser extent southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia, have exceedingly well preserved archaeological remains in wetland and underwater settings. The preservation of stone, bone, ivory, and botanical remains in southeastern waterways is nothing short of outstanding. It is from these sites that our understanding of Paleoindian occupation of the southeastern coastal plain will develop in new and unexpected ways.