Department Examiner

Smith, Morgan; Persons, Brooke; Gaudin, Timothy J.

Department

Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

The Ryan Harley site is located in the Wacissa River basin in northern Florida. It is one of the few sites in the southeastern United States to contain a Suwannee point artifact. Several excavations in 2015 and 2017 showed extinct and extant faunal remains within and around the Suwannee component. The geoarchaeological data showed that whether these remains were in situ or not is inconclusive. This paper will focus on the microfloral and faunal remains to draw conclusions about the environment encountered during the Younger Dryas (12,900-11,700 cal B.P). The relationship between floral and faunal species present will help to draw conclusions about the changes in the environment and how Suwannee-aged people were interacting with their surroundings.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Dr. Morgan Smith, Dr. Brooke Persons, and Dr. Timothy Gaudin for helping me through this process it would not have been possible other wise.

Degree

B. S.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Science.

Date

5-2024

Subject

Paleoecology--Pleistocene; Paleo-Indians--Suwannee River Estuary (Fla.)

Keyword

Paleoindian; Faunal analysis; Faunal remains; Suwannee point; Ryan-Harley; Screening analysis

Discipline

Archaeological Anthropology

Document Type

Theses

Extent

i, 46 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Rights

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License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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