Date of Award
Spring 5-2021
Degree Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
School
Social Science and Global Studies
Committee Chair
Dr. Daniel LaDu
Committee Chair School
Social Science and Global Studies
Committee Member 2
Dr. H. Edwin Jackson
Committee Member 2 School
Social Science and Global Studies
Committee Member 3
Dr. Marie Danforth
Committee Member 3 School
Social Science and Global Studies
Abstract
Hypotheses about the socio-political organization of Poverty Point have each attempted to answer the procedures that led to the site’s construction and continued use. Mass analysis and raw material sourcing of the North Three excavation units offer an enhanced examination of the lithic activities of the Poverty Point site. These analyses provide new insight into how the site may have been utilized by those traveling to the site by assigning social values to the raw materials transported there. The results of this lithic analysis and comparison to previous investigations suggest a crucial activity that would have impacted the socio-political organization of the site has been missed. This thesis seeks to analysis the lithic assemblage of Poverty Point and provide information about this activity that has not been examined previously.
Copyright
Jeffrey T Lewis Jr, 2021
Recommended Citation
Lewis, Jr., Jeffrey, "Mass Analysis and Raw Material Sourcing as Metrics of Poverty Point's Socio-Political Organization" (2021). Master's Theses. 818.
https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/818