Searching Through Debris: A Mass Analysis From The Carter Robinson Mound Site In Lee County, Virginia
The Mississippian period is one of the most widely studied periods in the prehistoric Southeast, but there are areas such as the Mississippian frontier that have not been explored in great detail. Carter Robinson is a Mississippian chiefdom located on the frontier in southwest Virginia during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. To better understand the people living at this site a mass analysis was conducted to examine the lithic debris left behind by the people living there. The purpose of this thesis is to identify the degree of tool production at Carter Robinson and to identify areas of tool production, in order to better understand craft production. Meyers (2011) has identified shell bead production at the site and identifying areas of tool production could help further research in that area.
Archaeology, Frontier, Lithic, Mississippian, Southeastern, Archaeological Anthropology
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