A PERSISTENT PLACE

Long-term archaeological investigations at the Greenlee Tract by Gray & Pape Inc. revealed significant evidence for over 10000 years of Native American utilization of southern Ohio's ancient landscape. Using a siteless landscape approach this book presents a comprehensive summary of all past work. Various topics are discussed including landscape development environmental patterns and cycles settlement patterning and subsistence strategies and social organization. Several unique archaeological findings are reported upon including the discovery of one of the largest Middle-Late Woodland (A.D. 300-600) villages in the region; the documentation of a rare open-aired Early Woodland (700 - 100 B.C.) ceremonial structure; and some of the best evidence for Middle Archaic (6500-4000 B.C.) occupation found anywhere in the state. Rarely has such an array of topics been addressed in a single monograph project.