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Problems Surrounding the Classification of Certain Culture Complexes in New England119

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Frederick Johnson*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts

Extract

Previously I have attempted to show that we lack, almost completely, archaeological data from large and apparently significant areas in New England. It is true also that the excavation and research which has been done to date is very incomplete. I regret to say, in addition, that a number of inaccuracies and important omissions have produced results, particularly in the development of theories, which are extremely untrustworthy. A reworking of the available data and an investigation of the foundations of the various theories have brought to light a number of important facts and have made necessary several radical changes in the theoretical history of the region.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1937

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Footnotes

119

Delivered before S.A.A., Washington, Dec. 29, 1936.

References

119 Delivered before S.A.A., Washington, Dec. 29, 1936.

120 Department of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.

121 Paper read before Section H of the A.A.A.S. meeting in Rochester, New York, June, 1936.