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Discovered during construction of the I-75 corridor northeast of Tampa, the site of Harney Flats was a turning point in the archaeology of the southeastern United States. Beneath evidence of human settlement from the Middle Archaic period, researchers unearthed Paleoindian stone tools – representing a rare example of a stratified site in the Southeast with a Paleoindian occupation. The expansive excavations at Harney Flats demonstrated that significant land-based sites of early human settlement exist in Florida and are worth exploring. Harney Flats describes the excavation, which was praised for its state-of-the-art strategy and interpretive methods despite its sandy environment, and details the objects uncovered – projectile points, scrapers, adzes – and what they reveal about the lives of the people who used them. Including an update on relevant research since its first publication, this volume is the definitive account of a critical finding in the study of early human history.

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The Paleoindian component at Harney Flats is a benchmark in early [human] studies in Florida and the Southeast. --North American Archaeologist A work which must be recognized as a definitive study of Paleoindians in Florida and which will serve as a model for future archaeological studies throughout North America and elsewhere. --Florida Anthropologist Represents another stepping stone toward our understanding of life in the Southeast 10,000-11,000 years ago. --Southeastern Archaeology

"""A work which must be recognized as a definitive study of Paleoindians in Florida and which will serve as a model for future archaeological studies throughout North America and elsewhere.""--Florida Anthropologist ""Represents another stepping stone toward our understanding of life in the Southeast 10,000-11,000 years ago.""--Southeastern Archaeology ""The Paleoindian component at Harney Flats is a benchmark in early [human] studies in Florida and the Southeast.""--North American Archaeologist"

A work which must be recognized as a definitive study of Paleoindians in Florida and which will serve as a model for future archaeological studies throughout North America and elsewhere. --Florida Anthropologist The Paleoindian component at Harney Flats is a benchmark in early [human] studies in Florida and the Southeast. --North American Archaeologist Represents another stepping stone toward our understanding of life in the Southeast 10,000-11,000 years ago. --Southeastern Archaeology

The Paleoindian component at Harney Flats is a benchmark in early [human] studies in Florida and the Southeast. --North American Archaeologist Represents another stepping stone toward our understanding of life in the Southeast 10,000-11,000 years ago. --Southeastern Archaeology A work which must be recognized as a definitive study of Paleoindians in Florida and which will serve as a model for future archaeological studies throughout North America and elsewhere. --Florida Anthropologist

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I. Randolph Daniel Jr., professor of anthropology at East Carolina University, is the author of Hardaway Revisited: Early Archaic Settlement in the Southeast.

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