ROCK CREEK PARK

Prehistoric Landscapes of the Nation's Capital


64th Annual Meeting of
The Society For American Archaeology
March 26, 1999, Chicago, Illinois

Prehistoric Landscapes of the Nation's Capital
Chair: Elizabeth Crowell (Parsons ES)


Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Prehistoric Archaeological Inquiry in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area
by Julie Abell and Elizabeth Crowell, (Parsons ES)

Synthesizing the Prehistory of our Nations Capital
by Michael Petraglia (Parsons ES)

Late Prehistoric Archaeological Deposition at the Confluence of Rock Creek and the Potomac River
by John Rutherford and Dennis Knepper (Parsons ES)

Geoarchaeological Investigations Along Rock Creek: Variable Landscape and Archaeological Site Formation Within Evolving Prehistoric Environments
by Daniel R. Hayes (Geoarchaeologist) and G. William Monaghan (Colgate University)

The Role of Rock Fabric in Lithic Selection for Diagnostic Stone Tools Recovered from the Whitehurst Freeway Project, Washington, D.C.
by Philip LaPorta (LaPorta and Associates)

Prehistoric Ceramics From the Whitehurst Sites, Washington, D.C.
by Victoria Robertson, Carter Shields (Parsons Engineering Science), and Philip LaPorta

Late Middle Woodland Ceremonialism in the Nation's Capital
by Elizabeth Crowell

The Artifact Assemblage from the Middle Woodland Cremation Feature in Washington, D.C.
by Carter Shields and Dennis Knepper

Prehistoric Textile Remnants and Other Evidence of Native Fiber Industries from the Whitehurst Freeway Project, Washington, D.C.
by James Petersen (University of Vermont)

The Process of Cremation: A Burning Issue in the Middle Woodland Period of the Middle Atlantic Region of the United States
by Thomas R. Whyte (Appalachian State University)

The Whitehurst Freeway Site in a Wider World: Thinking the Unthinkable
Stephen R. Potter (National Park Service)

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