Late Woodland Hunting Patterns: Evidence from Facing Monday Creek Rockshelter (33HO414), Southeastern Ohio

Title:	Late Woodland Hunting Patterns: Evidence from Facing Monday Creek Rockshelter (33HO414), Southeastern Ohio
Author:	Spertzel, Staci
Description:	Intensified use of southeastern Ohio rockshelter environments during the Late Woodland period is significant to upland resource procurement strategies. Facing Monday Cree3ek Rockshelter (33HO414) of Hocking County serves as one illustration of faunal exploitation and lithic procurement patterns associated with Late Woodland logistical organization. The cultural materials recovered during excavation are analyzed with a purpose of understanding the use of rockshelters as specialized task localities. Results of analyses are synthesized with comparative research to delineate broad cultural patterns associated with rockshelter utilization. A pattern includes intermittent seasonal exploitation by small hunting parties or task groups in search of target resources at a known location. It is hypothesized that during the Late Woodland period, aggregation to larger residential settlements within the broad alluvial valleys would have resulted in an increase in those distances traveled to upland settings initiating a functional attribute for rockshelters as temporary hunting stations.
Permanent Link:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1134579425 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/13110
Date:	2005

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