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Piper, Jacquelyn G. June 1977 - AN INTERPRETATION OF MOUNT ROGERS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, VIRGINIA CULTURE HISTORY
Abstract: An archeological survey was performed in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (MRNRA) in southwestern Virginia during the summer of 1976. The survey resulted in the location of 123 prehistoric sites and 3 historic sites. An environmental, historical, ethnographic, and archeological framework for the present study is developed. In the absence of stratigraphy and absolute dates, a tentative local sequence for the MRNRA is delineated by the identification and cross dating of diagnostic artifacts, primarily projectile points, found in the surface survey. This method represents an extrapolation of data from geographically close stratified sites surrounding the MRNRA; it has the advantage of extracultural cross dating in the form of radiocarbon dating for most phases and periods in addition to typological cross-dating on formal principles, The datable artifacts are primarily Archaic in cultural affinity. Relationships with the surrounding areas with well documented culture histories are discussed and recommendations are made for further work to verify and refine the tentative sequence.
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