STRATIGRAPHIC INVESTIGATIONS AT BARBER CREEK (31PT259) : RECONSTRUCTING THE CULTURE-HISTORY OF A MULTICOMPONENT SITE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAIN

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dc.contributor.advisorDaniel, I. Randolphen_US
dc.contributor.authorChoate, Brian C.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentAnthropologyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-22T15:14:33Z
dc.date.available2011-08-22T15:14:33Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractBarber Creek is a multicomponent stratified site situated atop a relict sand dune in eastern North Carolina. Previous research has put emphasis on site formation and occupation. The focus of this study was to reconstruct the cultural chronology of the west-central portion of Barber Creek and compare it to previous analyses from other portions of the site. This study resulted in the identification of three former occupation surfaces, or floors, buried in approximately one meter of aeolian sands. These occupation floors date to the Early Archaic, Middle to Late Archaic and Early to Middle Woodland periods. The stratified remains of three discrete occupation floors identified in this investigation are largely consistent with previous investigations at the site. The artifact backplots reconstructed here are the clearest evidence yet for a stratified sequence at Barber Creek. In fact, the results of this study provide the best evidence thus far for the presence of Early Archaic, Middle to Late Archaic, and Woodland components in stratified contexts in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Great potential exists at Barber Creek and other such stratified sites along the Tar River to answer questions concerning chronology and typology related to the prehistory of the North Carolina Coastal Plain.  en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.format.extent110 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/3649
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectArchaicen_US
dc.subjectBarber Creek (N.C.)en_US
dc.subjectMulticomponent stratified siteen_US
dc.subjectNorth Carolina coastal plainen_US
dc.subjectRelict sand duneen_US
dc.subjectWoodlandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshDemographic archaeology--North Carolina--Greenville
dc.subject.lcshExcavations (Archaeology)--North Carolina--Greenville
dc.subject.lcshWoodland culture--North Carolina--Greenville
dc.subject.lcshPaleo-Indians--North Carolina--Greenville
dc.subject.lcshIndians of North America--North Carolina--Greenville--Antiquities
dc.subject.lcshBarber Creek Site (N.C.)
dc.subject.lcshBarber Creek (N.C.)--Antiquities
dc.titleSTRATIGRAPHIC INVESTIGATIONS AT BARBER CREEK (31PT259) : RECONSTRUCTING THE CULTURE-HISTORY OF A MULTICOMPONENT SITE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAINen_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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