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People of the Clam: Shellfish and Diet in Coastal Maine Late Archaic and Ceramic Period Sites by Spiess, Arthur E

“…Relatively few shell midden sites around the Gulf of Maine have been excavated and analyzed for the quantity of shellfish incorporated into the site. Such data…”
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Paleoindians and the Younger Dryas in the New England-Maritimes Region by Lothrop, Jonathan C., Newby, Paige E., Spiess, Arthur E., Bradley, James W.

“…This paper examines environmental and archaeological data for the Younger Dryas (YD) (12,900–11,600 calibrated years before present) (cal BP) and early…”
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Atlantic salmon, archaeology and climate change in New England by Robinson, Brian S., Jacobson, George L., Yates, Martin G., Spiess, Arthur E., Cowie, Ellen R.

“…A paucity of archaeological remains of Atlantic salmon in Northeast North America has been cited as evidence that the species may have been present in the…”
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Early Human Settlement of Northeastern North America by Lothrop, Jonathan C., Lowery, Darrin L., Spiess, Arthur E., Ellis, Christopher J.

“…This paper summarizes current evidence for earliest human occupation of northeastern North America during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene. We review…”
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The Significance of New Faunal Identifications Attributed to an Early Paleoindian (Gainey Complex) Occupation at the Udora Site, Ontario, Canada by Storck, Peter L., Spiess, Arthur E.

“…Analysis of calcined bone from the Udora site in south-central Ontario, Canada, indicates that the subsistence of Early Paleoindian (Gainey complex) peoples in…”
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SCUTE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ATLANTIC AND SHORTNOSE STURGEON: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION by Halliwell, David B., Spiess, Arthur E.

“…We have observed and describe herein a morphological difference in visible ornamented bone (body scutes, head and pectoral girdle dermal bones) surface…”
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TWO ISOLATED PALEOINDIAN ARTIFACTS FROM MAINE by Spiess, Arthur E.

“…Two isolated Paleoindian finds from Maine are reported in an attempt to keep current a list of isolated finds published in 1987. Neither piece seems to…”
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On New England Shell Middens: Response to Sanger's Cautionary Tale by Spiess, Arthur E.

“…There is an ongoing debate about the nature of artifact association and the expression of living surfaces in New England and Maritime Provinces shell middens…”
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ARCTIC GARBAGE AND NEW ENGLAND PALEO-INDIANS: THE SINGLE OCCUPATION OPTION by Spiess, Arthur E.

“…Recurrent regularities in activity area distribution pattern, size, activity area and lithic count at the three major New England Paleo-Indian sites call for…”
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THE NEPONSET PALEOINDIAN SITE IN MASSACHUSETTS by Carty, Frederick M., Spiess, Arthur E.

“…This article presents a summary of the Paleoindian component at the Neponset/Wamsutta site, including preliminary artifact counts, descriptions of artifact…”
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Prehistoric Subsistence on the Southern New England Coast: The Record from Narragansett Bay by Spiess, Arthur E.

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EARLY WOODLAND PERIOD MORTUARY CEREMONIALISM IN THE FAR NORTHEAST: A VIEW FROM THE BOUCHER CEMETERY by Heckenberger, Michael J., Petersen, James B., Basa, Louise A., Cowie, Ellen R., Spiess, Arthur E., Stuckenrath, Robert E.

“…In late April, 1973, a backhoe operator accidentally unearthed human skeletons while digging a house foundation in Highgate, Vermont. The skeletons, stained…”
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THE PISCATAQUIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT: A LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE OCCUPATIONAL SEQUENCE IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND by Petersen, James B., Hamilton, Nathan D., Putnam, David E., Spiess, Arthur E., Stuckenrath, Robert, Thayer, Cynthia A., Wolford, Jack A.

“…Recent test excavations at two deeply stratified archeological sites in Milo, Piscataquis County, Maine have revealed a human occupational sequence which spans…”
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WHAT'S THE POINT?: MODAL FORMS AND ATTRIBUTES OF PALEOINDIAN BIFACES IN THE NEW ENGLAND-MARITIMES REGION by Bradley, James W., Spiess, Arthur E., Boisvert, Richard A., Boudreau, Jeff

“…The purpose of this paper is to propose a set of definitions for the Paleoindian bifaces currently known within the New England-Maritimes Region. This approach…”
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Prehistoric Subsistence on the Southern New England Coast: The Record from Narragansett Bay. David J. Bernstein. Academic Press, San Diego, 1993. xvi + 188 pp., figures, tables, appendixes, references, index. $55.00 (cloth) by Spiess, Arthur E.

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Editor's Comments by Spiess, Arthur E.

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Editor's Comments by Spiess, Arthur E.

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Editor's Comments by Spiess, Arthur E.

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FOUR "ISOLATED" FLUTED POINTS FROM THE LOWER MERRIMACK RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS by Spiess, Arthur E., Bradley, James W.

“…Isolated fluted points, and small sites yielding only a few tools, can provide an important part of the Paleoindian archaeological record. We describe four…”
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In the Eastern Fluted Point Tradition by Spiess, Arthur E.

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