Estimating Tillage Effects on Artifact Distributions

1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 456-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
George H. Odell ◽  
Frank Cowan
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Recovery Rate ◽  
Random Distribution ◽  
Spatial Patterning ◽  
Average Recovery ◽  
Agricultural Equipment ◽  
Cultural Effects ◽  
Average Recovery Rate ◽  
Series Of Experiments ◽  
Plow Zone

Although behavioralists who deal with plow zone sites have a need to discriminate between cultural and non-cultural effects on artifact distributions, relatively little is known about the influences of agricultural equipment. A series of experiments was conducted to answer questions concerning the parameters of recovery, lateral artifact displacement, spatial patterning, duration of tillage, and the effects of tillage patterning. Results indicate an average recovery rate of 5-6 percent; support for the "size effect"; relatively constant recovery of small and large pieces; dominant displacement in the direction of plowing; lack of relationship between displacement and artifact size; basically random distribution of objects; and possible spurious clustering, depending upon the analytical methods employed.

Plow-zone Zooarchaeology: Fragmentation and Identifiability

1987 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Lee Lyman ◽  
Michael J. O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Plow Zone

scholarly journals Late Paleoindian–Early Archaic Dart Points from the Wolfshead Site (41SA117) in the Angelina River Basin in East Texas

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy K. Perttula ◽  
Mark Walters
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
East Texas ◽  
Southern Plains ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Early Archaic ◽  
South Central ◽  
Petrified Wood ◽  
Late Paleoindian ◽  
The University ◽  
Plow Zone

The Wolfshead site (41SA117) was excavated by the Texas Archeological Salvage Project at The University of Texas in 1960 prior to the inundation of the site by the waters of Lake Sam Rayburn in the Angelina River basin in East Texas. The site was located on a sandy terrace and covered ca. 1 acre in size; the sandy deposits were a maximum of ca. 60 cm in thickness below an historic plow zone. The excavations in the northern and southern parts of the site indicated that the Wolfshead site had an extensive Late Paleoindian–Early Archaic San Patrice culture occupation estimated to date between ca. 10,500–9800 years B.P. based on the radiocarbon dating of archaeological deposits with San Patrice points in sites in the Woodland and Southern Plains in south central North America. San Patrice components cluster “in the eastern half of Texas, where prairies and woodlands would have predominated." The component at the Wolfshead site is marked by a number of distinctive dart points, as discussed in the next section, as well as scraping tools, and Albany scrapers. The Albany scrapers were made on local petrified wood, while the unifacial side and end scrapers were manufactured on both petrified wood and pebble cherts.

scholarly journals The Woodland Period Component at the Wolfshead Site (41SA117), San Augustine County, Texas

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy K. Perttula ◽  
Mark Walters
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Woodland Period ◽  
East Texas ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Early Archaic ◽  
Ceramic Vessel ◽  
Late Paleoindian ◽  
The University ◽  
Plow Zone

The Wolfshead site (41SA117) was excavated by the Texas Archeological Salvage Project at The University of Texas in the fall and winter of 1960 prior to the inundation of the site by the waters of Lake Sam Rayburn in the Angelina River basin in East Texas. The site was located on a sandy terrace and covered ca. 1 acre in size; the sandy deposits were a maximum of ca. 60 cm in thickness below an historic plow zone. The excavations were in the northern and southern parts of the site, and indicated that the Wolfshead site had an extensive Late Paleoindian–Early Archaic San Patrice culture occupation dating ca. 10,500–9800 years B.P., as well as a Woodland period (ca. 2500–1150 years B.P.) occupation in both site areas. The latter occupation is a component of the inland and deep East Texas Mossy Grove culture defined by Story. This component is recognized by the occurrence of sandy paste Goose Creek Plain ceramic vessel sherds, contracting stem dart points (in the earlier part of the Woodland period), and various stemmed arrow points (after ca. A.D. 700 in the Woodland period).

Plow-Zone Experiments in Calabria, Italy

1985 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert J. Ammerman
Keyword(s):  
Plow Zone

Plow-Zone Experiments in Calabria, Italy

1985 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert J. Ammerman
Keyword(s):  
Plow Zone
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