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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/14497
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dc.contributor.authorRink, W. J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDunbar, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDoran, Glen. H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFrederick, Charlesen_US
dc.contributor.authorGregory, Brittneyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-18T18:17:53Z-
dc.date.available2014-06-18T18:17:53Z-
dc.date.created2012-12-10en_US
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.identifier.othergeo_coll/1en_US
dc.identifier.other1000en_US
dc.identifier.other3525888en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11375/14497-
dc.description.abstract<p>The excavation of the Helen Blazes site (8BR27) between 1949 and 1951 by William Edwards was remarkable for its time, but the assemblage of Archaic and Paleoindian artifacts yielded no materials that could be scientifically dated. This article reports on new excavations at Helen Blazes that were designed to incorporate optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of quartz sand grains and sedimentological studies of the sediment aimed at a better understanding of the depositional context. The new excavations yielded lithic materials with typologies consistent with those found by Edwards (1954). Samples for sedimentological study were analyzed to better understand the depositional context of cultural materials by means of geoarchaeological analysis of site deposits. The OSL ages ranging from about 5,400 to 12,000 years before present are in line with expectation for Archaic to Paleoindian period contexts. However, the sedimentological and geoarchaeological interpretation together with the fine detail of the OSL results suggest that the cultural material at the site was buried by bioturbation and internal reorganization of the deposits rather than normal geological sedimentation following occupation.</p>en_US
dc.subjectHelen Blazes siteen_US
dc.subjectgeoarchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectArchaic and Paleoindian perioden_US
dc.subjectBrevard County Floridaen_US
dc.subjectOptically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) datingen_US
dc.subjectWilliam E. Edwardsen_US
dc.subjectArchaeological Anthropologyen_US
dc.subjectEarth Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectGeologyen_US
dc.subjectSedimentologyen_US
dc.subjectSoil Scienceen_US
dc.subjectArchaeological Anthropologyen_US
dc.titleGeoarchaeological Investigations and OSL Dating Evidence in an Archaic and Paleoindian Context at the Helen Blazes Site (8BR27), Brevard County, Floridaen_US
dc.typearticleen_US
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