The Archaic (original) (raw)
1990, The Archaeology of Southern Ontario to AD 1650
Archaic" is a term first consistently applied to northeastern North American archaeological manifestations by W. Ritchie (1932a, 1932b, 1936,1944). Subsequently, others have employed the term to similar materials throughout eastern North America and beyond. As originally used, the "Archaic" designation was applied for all preagricultural (e.g. hunter-gatherer-fisher) assemblages including or alternatively, lacking, certain artifact forms. The absence of pottery was particularly stressed. Since the initial formulation of the concept, there continues to be much debate on how the term should be employed. Today, however, most investigators conceptualize the Archaic in two basic ways.
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