American Frontier (eBook)

Front Cover 1
The American Frontier: An Archaeological Study of Settlement Pattern and Process 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Dedication 6
List of Figures 12
List of Tables 16
List of Abbreviations 18
Foreword 20
Preface 24
Acknowledgments 26
Chapter 1. Introduction 30
Colonization as a Process of Change 30
Modeling Processes of Colonization 31
Colonization and the Archaeological Record 32
The Frontier as a Regional Process 32
Relevance of Frontier Studies 33
Agricultural Colonization in British North America 34
The South Carolin a Frontier 34
Beyond Agricultural Frontiers 35
Chapter 2. The Development of a Frontier Model 37
Introduction 37
The Frontier: Development of the Concept 38
The Frontier and European Expansion 43
The Development of a Model of Insular Frontier Settlement 48
The South Carolina Frontier: Sources of Evidence 56
Chapter 3. The Development of South Carolin a as an Insular Frontier 60
Introduction 60
South Carolina as a Region 61
South Carolina's Establishment as a Colony 63
Transport and Spatial Patterning on the South Carolina Frontier 75
The Expansion of the South Carolina Frontier 80
Patterns of Settlement on the South Carolina Frontier 88
Settlement Pattern and Function: The Organization of Activities on the South Carolina Frontier 100
Settlement Hierarchy: The Colonization Gradient in South Carolina 117
Summary 126
Chapter 4. Examining the Insular Frontier in South Carolina: Research Directions and Archaeological Hypotheses 129
Introduction 129
Basic Assumptions 130
Processes and Patterns 131
Historical Analogy and Archaeological Investigation 133
Examining the Archaeological Record 134
The Development of Archaeological Hypotheses 136
Summary 142
Chapter 5. Examining Hypotheses for the Colony's Establishment 143
Introduction 143
Hypothesis 1: Creation and Maintenance of Cultural Ties with the Homeland 144
Hypothesis 2: Innovation and the Frontier Environment 158
Hypothesis 3: Long-Term Settlement in the Area of Colonization 171
Chapter 6. Examining Hypotheses for Spatial Patterning 175
Introduction 175
Hypothesis 4: Definition of the Entrepôt 175
Hypothesis 5: The Dendritic Form of Settlement 183
Chapter 7. Examining Hypotheses for Expansion 190
Introduction 190
Hypothesis 6: Expansion as a Continuous Process 190
Hypothesis 7: Patterns of Settlement Distribution 206
Chapter 8. Examining Hypotheses for Settlement Pattern and the Distribution of Activities 209
Introduction 209
Hypothesis 8: Frontier Towns, Secondary Centers of Activity 210
Hypothesis 9: Nucleated Settlements on the Frontier 230
Hypothesis 10: Dispersed Frontier Settlements 239
Settlement Function and Distribution : A Summary 277
Chapter 9. The Colonization Gradient and a Summary of the Archaeological Analysis 280
Hypothesis 11: The Colonization Gradient 281
Summary of the Archaeological Analysis 286
Chapter 10. Beyond the Insular Frontier 292
Introduction 292
Expanding the Frontier Concept: Cosmopolitan Frontier Change 293
Processes of Cosmopolitan Frontier Change 297
Cosmopolitan Frontiers and the Archaeological Record 304
Chapter 11. Conclusions 322
Archaeology and Colonization 323
The Regional Approach to Frontier Studies 325
Frontier Studies and the Expansion of Europe 326
References 330
Collections and Record Groups 330
Maps and Atlases 331
Literature Cited 332
Index 358