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Stone Artifact Movement on Impoundment Shorelines: A Case Study from Maine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Richard T. Will  and
James A. Clark
Richard T. Will
Affiliation:
Archaeological Research Consultants, Inc., Ellsworth, ME 04605
James A. Clark
Affiliation:
Archaeological Research Consultants, Inc., Ellsworth, ME 04605
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Abstract

Research on natural processes that cause erosion and, in particular, studies of wave action, sediment transport, and ice movement offers guidance for understanding and predicting what can happen to archaeological remains exposed in the shoreline fluctuation zones of impounded water bodies. A field experiment to examine the effects of wave action and ice movement on stone artifacts placed in a fluctuation zone demonstrates that archaeological materials can be moved considerable distances over a single season. The experiment suggests that caution is necessary for accurately interpreting the meaning of archaeological specimens found on the shores of artificially impounded water bodies.

Investigaciones de los processos naturales que causan erosión, en particular estudios de la actión de olas, transporte de sedimentos, y movimientos de hielo, ofrecen una guía para predecir lo que puede ocurrir a restos arqueológicos expuestos en las zonas costeras de fluctuatión de logos artificiales. Un campo experimental para examinar los efectos de la actión de olas y movimientos de hielo en artefactos líticos colocados en una zona de fluctuación demuestra que materiales arqueológicos pueden ser desplazados a considerable distancia en una sola estación. El experimento sugiere que es necesario tener cautela en la interpretatión de especímenes arqueológicos recuperados en las playas de lagos artificiales.

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American Antiquity , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , July 1996 , pp. 499 - 519
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1996

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