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Coosa women and household lithic production: Analyzing gendered activity areas at the King site (9FL5)
University of West Florida Libraries
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2023
Abstract
This research explores lithic materials from three domestic structures within the sixteenth century indigenous village at the King site (9FL5) in northwest Georgia. The distribution of chipped stone byproducts, or debitage, from gendered activity areas within the strict architectural grammar of past Coosa people provides insight into theories of the gendered division of labor and stone tool production. This work investigates the production and maintenance practices of chipped stone tools by women in their homes where they would be most visible archaeologically. A combination of aggregate and individual flake attribute analysis was applied to the lithic assemblages from each structure and compared to experimental data culled from previous lithic research to determine the raw materials, reduction methods, types of tools being manufactured, and stage of reduction present in each structure. The results of this analysis indicate that the women at the King site were using a variety of raw materials and reduction techniques within and between the activity areas in the chosen structures.
Details
- Title
- Coosa women and household lithic production
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Contributors
- Ramie A. Gougeon (Advisor)John E. Worth (Committee Member)Jennifer Melcher (Committee Member)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 124
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380482293806600
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida