Cave archaeology of the eastern woodlands : essays in honor of Patty Jo Watson / / edited by David H. Dye.

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Cave archaeology of the eastern woodlands : essays in honor of Patty Jo Watson / / edited by David H. Dye.

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2008.

xx, 278 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Archaeology in the dark zone : Patty Jo Watson and the pursuit of prehistory in the caves of the eastern woodlands / David H. Dye -- Increasing the resolution of cave archaeology : micromorphology and the classification of burned deposits at Dust Cave / Sarah C. Sherwood -- Peeling back the layers of time : Nels C. Nelson and the Mammoth Cave vestibule / Patrick D. Trader, Robert Ward and Ronald R. Switzer -- The 1978 field season at Mammoth Cave National Park / Kenneth C. Carstens -- Gypsum mining at Indian Salts Cave : an examination of early Woodland subterranean mineral extraction / Casey R. Barrier and Myrisa K. Byrd -- Deep cave mining : archaeological and GIS investigations of a prehistoric gypsum mine at Hubbards Cave / Erin Pritchard -- From dripline to deep cave : on sheltered sites as archeobotanical contexts / Kristen J. Gremillion -- Developments in human paleofecal research : examining past and current studies from eastern North America / Meta G. Pike and Scott C. Meeks -- Big cave archaeology in the East Fork Obey River gorge / Jay D. Franklin -- Torches in the dark : late Mississippian exploration of Hubble Post Office Cave / Jospeh C. Douglas, Brian Roebuck and Lynn Roebuck -- On the backs of serpents : prehistoric cave art in the southeastern woodlands / Jan F. Simek and Alan Cressler -- Cavers and archaeologists : the study of Mud Glyph Cave / Charles H. Faulkner -- Picture Cave : the study, dating, and gating of a rare prehistoric American Indian site / Carol Diaz-Granados -- Cagle Saltpeter Cave in Van Buren County, Tennessee : the archaeology of nineteenth-century saltpeter caves in the Midsouth / Sarah A. Blankenship -- Mammoth Cave's ninetennth-century saltpeter works : analysis of the hydraulic system / Andrew M. Mickelson -- Afterword : Onward into the darkness (still following the light of Pat Watson's lamp, of course) / Jan F. Simek.

Watson, Patty Jo, 1932-

Indians of North America -- East (U.S.) -- Antiquities.

Caves -- East (U.S.)

Excavations (Archaeology) -- East (U.S.)

Mammoth Cave National Park (Ky.) -- Antiquities.

East (U.S.) -- Antiquities.

Watson, Patty Jo, 1932-

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(OCoLC)ocn154677833

9781572336087 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_7488

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