Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Miller, Darcy Shane

Committee Member

Hardin, James W.

Committee Member

Peacock, Evan

Date of Degree

8-9-2019

Original embargo terms

Visible MSU Only 3 Years

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Applied Anthropology

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Degree Name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

College

College of Arts and Sciences

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures

Department

Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures

Abstract

The small number and diffuse distribution of sites with intact Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene occupations in the Southeastern United States consequently makes examining Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene settlement patterning in the region difficult (Goodyear 1999). The Hester Site (22MO569), located in northeastern Mississippi, contains intact Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene deposits that can potentially afford archaeologists with a better understanding of late Pleistocene/early Holocene settlement in the region (Brookes 1979; Goodyear 1999:463-465). Investigations at Hester by Brookes (1979) revealed a stratified site containing artifacts that represented the late Paleoindian through Woodland periods in the Southeastern United States. Burris (2006) developed an alternative typology by re-analyzing the Hester biface assemblage, which demonstrated four discrete occupations at the Hester site. I use formation theory to evaluate the degree to which post-depositional processes have impacted the deposits at the Hester site. I have determined that the Hester site has not been significantly altered by post-depositional processes.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/14489

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