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，是古印第安人早期的居住地，根据出土的石器，它可以追溯到公元前10,500-11,500年(现在之前)。多年来，业余考古学家的工作不仅证明了大量石器的存在，而且还表明，这些石器被分成几个簇，指示房屋地板或特定的活动区域。由于该遗址计划用于住房开发，并将在明年内被摧毁，马克·西曼博士将进行紧急挖掘。与学生和业余团体合作，他将进行仔细的挖掘，以确定这些集群并从其中恢复材料。将对找回的文物进行分析和整理。关于这些美洲最早的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，古印度人居住在许多不同的环境中，但这种采样偏见阻碍了考古学家对他们更广泛的生存和社会适应的了解。由于中西部地区鲜为人知的遗址很少，诺布尔斯湖遗址就显得尤为重要。它还很有趣，因为它位于没有主要打火石来源的附近。许多古印第安人遗址现在和过去都参与了采矿活动。因此，第二个因素也会影响网站的代表性。这项研究很重要，因为它将恢复原本很快就会被摧毁的信息。它将增加我们对美国史前和美洲土著文化发展的了解。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.