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

诺布尔斯池塘遗址位于俄亥俄州斯塔克县，是一个早期的古印第安人居住地点，根据回收的石头文物，可以追溯到公元前10500 - 11500年（在现在之前）。业余考古学家多年来的工作表明，不仅存在大量的石器工具，而且还表明这些工具被分成几组，表明房屋地板或特定的活动区域。由于该遗址被定为住宅开发用地，将在明年内被摧毁，马克·西曼博士将进行紧急挖掘。他将与学生和业余爱好者合作，进行仔细的挖掘，以确定这些集群并从中回收材料。将对回收的文物进行分析和整理。关于这些美洲最早居民的大部分信息来自于位于美国西部的遗址。虽然很明显，古印第安人生活在许多不同的环境中，但这种抽样偏见使考古学家无法了解他们更广泛的生存和社会适应。由于中西部地区已知的遗址很少，所以诺布尔斯池塘遗址尤为重要。它也很有趣，因为它位于没有主要燧石源的附近。许多古印第安遗址现在和过去都与采矿活动有关。因此，第二个因素也会影响网站的表现。这项研究很重要，因为它将恢复否则很快就会被破坏的信息。它将增加我们对美国史前史和美洲原住民文化发展的了解。它还将为人类生存适应提供新的线索。

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.