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More than a Quartz Scatter: Gulf of Maine Archaic Tradition Occupations in Plainville, Massachusetts

Excavations at the Edgewood Apartments Site (Site 19-NF-792) in Plainville, Massachusetts, recovered evidence for two spatially and temporally separate Gulf of Maine Archaic Tradition (GMAT) occupations during the Early Holocene, as well as a Late Archaic Otter Creek occupation. Lithic artifacts associated with the GMAT occupations include quartz micro-cores and associated flake debitage, while bifacial quartz implements were notably absent. A large selection of these GMAT tools were subjected to microscopic use-wear analyses, indicating that bipolar reduction was the preferred method of flake (or expedient tool) production at the site, and that a range of faunal and plant remains were processed at both loci. Based on macro botanical analyses, the GMAT occupations most likely occurred during the late summer or early fall. A formal reduction sequence for micro-cores at GMAT sites will be presented, to aid in the identification of other GMAT sites throughout the region and to clarify the differences between these sites and more common Late Archaic Narrow-Stem sites and associated reduction sequences.