Emergency Investigation of Nobles Pond: An Early Paleo- Indian Site in Stark County, Ohio

对贵族池塘的紧急调查：俄亥俄州斯塔克县的早期古印第安遗址

• 批准号: 8814809
• 负责人: Mark Seeman
• 金额: $ 0.56万
• 依托单位: Kent State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-08-15 至 1990-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8814809&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Emergency; Investigation; Nobles; Pond; Early

The Nobles Pond site, located in Stark County Ohio, is an early Paleo-Indian habitation site which, based on recovered stone artifacts, dates to the period 10,500 -11,500 B.P. (before the present). Work by amateur archaeologists over many years has demonstrated the presence not only of numerous stone tools but also shown that these are grouped into several clusters which indicate either house floors or specific activity areas. Because the site is slated for housing development and will be destroyed within the next year, Dr. Mark Seeman will conduct emergency excavation. Working with students and groups of amateurs, he will carry out careful excavation to define these clusters and recover material from them. The cultural artifacts recovered will be analyzed and curated. Most information on these earliest inhabitants of the Americas has come from sites located in the Western United States. While it is clear that Paleo-Indian peoples inhabited a number of distinct environments, this sampling bias has prevented archaeologists from gaining an understanding of their broader subsistence and social adaptations. Because very few sites are known from the mid-West, the Nobles Pond site is particularly important. It is also interesting because it is located near no major flint source. Many Paleo Indian sites are and were involved in mining activities. Thus a second factor also biases site representation. This research is important because it will recover information which would otherwise will soon be destroyed. It will increase our understanding of United States prehistory and the development of Native American cultures. It will also shed new light on human subsistence adaptations.

位于俄亥俄州斯塔克县的贵族池塘遗址是一个早期的 古印第安人的居住地， 文物，日期期间10，500 - 11，500 B. P.（之前 present）。 业余考古学家多年来的工作 不仅证明了大量石器的存在， 还表明，这些被分为几个集群， 指示房屋楼层或特定活动区域。 因为 这片土地将用于住房开发， 明年内，马克·西曼博士将进行紧急治疗， 开挖 他与学生和业余爱好者一起工作， 将进行仔细挖掘，以确定这些集群， 从他们身上回收材料。 找到的文物 将被分析和整理。 关于美洲最早期居民的大部分信息 都来自美国西部的一些地方 而 很明显，古印第安人居住在一些 不同的环境，这种抽样偏差阻止了 考古学家从更广泛的了解他们的 生存和社会适应。 因为很少有网站 在中西部地区，贵族池塘遗址尤其是 重要. 它也很有趣，因为它位于附近没有 主要的燧石来源。 许多古印第安遗址现在和过去都是 参与采矿活动。 因此，第二个因素也偏向于 现场代表。 这项研究很重要，因为它将恢复信息 否则很快就会被摧毁 将加大 我们对美国史前史的理解 美洲土著文化。 它也将为我们提供新的线索， 人类的生存适应。