The Taber Well Site (33HO611): A Seasonally Occupied Lithic Reduction Site in Southeastern Ohio

Title:	The Taber Well Site (33HO611): A Seasonally Occupied Lithic Reduction Site in Southeastern Ohio
Author:	Peoples, Nicole M.
Description:	Taber Well (33HO611) is situated above a marsh environmental of diverse wildlife and the floodplain of Monday Creek, a tributary of the Hocking River. Excavation and analysis set out to determine the function, size, and chronology of the site. Site chronology indicates the presence of prehistoric hunter-gatherers from Early Archaic through the Middle Woodland periods. This long span of time was a period of early technological invention and transitional subsistence from hunter/gatherer societies to early horticultural societies. Taber Well is located approximately 2 kilometers northeast of a natural Upper Mercer outcrop, exposed by an adjacent stream, Kitchen Run. Laboratory analysis identifies a complete reduction sequence for Upper Mercer, Brush Creek and Flint Ridge/Vanport chert. Abundant debitage and diverse tool assemblage, chronology of point types and radiometric dates, numerous post-molds and hearth features, suggest that this site was revisited for occupation and for reduction of large blocks of chert and cores into workable performs or complete tools. Analysis confirms a utilization of Taber Well for occupation and lithic reduction during the Archaic to Middle Woodland periods.
Permanent Link:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1103229925 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/14082
Date:	2004

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