Date of Award
4-1986
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. William Cremin
Second Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Garland
Third Advisor
Dr. Robert Sundick
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
A case study approach is applied to the problem of prehistoric firewood selection and utilization within a heterogeneous woodland environment. Prefaced by an indepth survey of theoretical and methodological approaches relevant to understanding resource exploitation, a wood charcoal analysis of the Schwerdt site (20AE127) is presented. This analysis is then discussed in regard to environmental, preservational, and functional contexts. It is suggested that this wood charcoal assemblage represents a subtle yet pervasive pattern of firewood selectivity operating within the overt bounds of expedient procurement.
Recommended Citation
De Fant, David Gordon, "Prehistoric Firewood Exploitation: A Case Study from the Carolinian Biotic Province" (1986). Masters Theses. 1296.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1296