Search Results - "Smallwood, Ashley"

Clovis Technology and Settlement in the American Southeast: Using Biface Analysis to Evaluate Dispersal Models by Smallwood, Ashley M.

“…Kelly and Todd’s (1988) “high-technology forager” model predicts Clovis groups were highly mobile populations that left behind behaviorally consistent records…”
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Lithic usewear confirms the function of Wilamaya Patjxa projectile points by Smallwood, Ashley, Haas, Randall, Jennings, Thomas

“…Approximately 9000 years ago at the Andean highland site of Wilamaya Patjxa, forager communities interred female and male individuals with projectile points,…”
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Clovis biface technology at the Topper site, South Carolina: evidence for variation and technological flexibility by Smallwood, Ashley M.

“…The Topper site in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain of South Carolina provides a rare glimpse of the entire range of Clovis tool manufacture. Topper is a…”
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Building experimental use-wear analogues for Clovis biface functions by Smallwood, Ashley M.

“…This paper reports an experimental program designed to record microscopic use-wear traces obtained on replica Clovis points and bifaces used in impact,…”
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The third dimension of stone points: 2D vs. 3D geometric morphometric shape analysis by Smith, Heather L., Jennings, Thomas A., Smallwood, Ashley M.

“…Only recently has the use of 3D-scanning technology enhanced our ability to consider shape using landmark approaches to geometric morphometrics (GM). Studies…”
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Paleoindian unifacial stone tool 'spurs': intended accessories or incidental accidents? by Eren, Metin I, Jennings, Thomas A, Smallwood, Ashley M

“…Paleoindian unifacial stone tools frequently exhibit distinct, sharp projections, known as "spurs". During the last two decades, a theoretically and…”
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Epidural Versus ON-Q Local Anesthetic-Infiltrating Catheter for Post-Thoracotomy Pain Control by Gebhardt, Rodolfo, MD, John Mehran, Reza, MD, Soliz, Jose, MD, Cata, Juan P., MD, K. Smallwood, Ashley, MD, Feeley, Thomas W., MD

“…Objective The authors compared thoracic epidural with ON-Q infiltrating catheters in patients having open thoracotomy to determine whether one method better…”
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TESTING FOR EVIDENCE OF PALEOINDIAN RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES DURING THE YOUNGER DRYAS CHRONOZONE IN GEORGIA by Smallwood, Ashley M., Jennings, Thomas A., Anderson, David G., Ledbetter, Jerald

“…For the Southeast, it has been proposed that climate changes during the Younger Dryas period triggered a human population decline and/or substantial…”
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Exploring late Paleoindian and early Archaic unfluted lanceolate point classification in the Southern Plains by Jennings, Thomas A, Smallwood, Ashley M, Waters, Michael R

“…During the late Paleoindian and early Archaic periods, the Southern Plains witnessed a diversification in unfluted lanceolate point styles. The classification…”
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Current Research from Center for the Study of the First Americans Scholars by Smith, Heather L., Smallwood, Ashley M.

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Do early Paleoindian point blades carry culturally significant shape information? Modules versus complete points using geometric morphometrics by Smith, Heather L., Jennings, Thomas A., Smallwood, Ashley M.

“…•Comparing the effectiveness of modules to complete Clovis points in Geometric Morphometrics shape analysis.•Variation imposed by resharpened Clovis…”
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Reviewing the Role of Experimentation in Reconstructing Paleoamerican Lithic Technologies by Jennings, Thomas A., Smallwood, Ashley M., Pevny, Charlotte D.

“…Experimental archaeology is a key component of research for reconstructing past human behaviors, and this approach has been a cornerstone for interpreting the…”
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Expressions of ritual in the Paleoindian record of the Eastern Woodlands: Exploring the uniqueness of the Dalton cemetery at Sloan, Arkansas by Smallwood, Ashley M., Jennings, Thomas A., Pevny, Charlotte D.

“…•At Sloan, the dead were buried with their active tool kits that carried utility.•Large Dalton points buried at Sloan represent symbolic investments of great…”
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Context and spatial organization of the Clovis assemblage from the Topper site, South Carolina by Smallwood, Ashley M.

“…This paper reports results of a 40 sq m block excavation of the Clovis assemblage from the Topper site, South Carolina. Topper is one of only three buried,…”
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Projectile? Knife? Perforator? Using actualistic experiments to build models for identifying microscopic usewear traces on Dalton points from the Brand site, Arkansas, North America by Smallwood, Ashley M., Pevny, Charlotte D., Jennings, Thomas A., Morrow, Juliet E.

“…At the end of the Pleistocene, Dalton hunter-gatherers substantially altered their technology by crafting points with serrated, beveled, and tapered blade…”
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Pleistocene Human Settlement in the Southeastern United States: Current Evidence and Future Directions by Anderson, David G., Smallwood, Ashley M., Miller, D. Shane

“…Research into the earliest occupations in the southeastern United States has been underway since the 1930s, when a pattern of large-scale excavations combined…”
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Topper Site Revisited: Exploring Spatial Organization of Clovis Life at the Quarry by Smallwood, Ashley M., Goodyear, Albert C., Miller, D. Shane, Plummer, Joan, Sain, Douglas A., Anderson, Derek T., Jennings, Thomas A.

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Paleoindian Projectile-Point Diversity in the American Southeast: Evidence for the Mosaic Evolution of Point Design by Smallwood, Ashley M., Jennings, Thomas A., Pevny, Charlotte D., Anderson, David G.

“…Paleoindian projectile points occur in high numbers in the American Southeast, and when compared to other regions of the East, the Southeast has the greatest…”
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Redating the Late Paleoindian/Early Archaic Golondrina Component at Baker Cave, Texas and Implications for the Dalton/Golondrina Expansion by Jennings, Thomas A., Smallwood, Ashley M., Greer, John

“…Golondrina is a lanceolate point type linked to the Southeastern Dalton tradition that emerged during the Paleoindian to Archaic transition in southern Texas…”
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A Novel Technique for the Assessment of Preoperative Cardiovascular Risk: Reactive Hyperemic Response to Short-Term Exercise by Riedel, Bernhard, Mehran, Reza, Correa, Arlene M., Smallwood, Ashley, Marcus, Hanke, Hinkelbein, Jochen, Schier, Robert, El-Zein, Randa

“…Perioperative vascular function has been widely studied using noninvasive techniques that measure reactive hyperemia as a surrogate marker of vascular…”
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