ARCOOP Sponsored and Supported Research

Exporing Paleo-Landscapes

  An increasing focus in Paleoindian research in recent years has been on the now submerged continental margins that were exposed in the Late Pleistocene period.  The potential of these submerged landscapes appears great, although daunting technical and methodological hurdles are present.  ARCOOP is presently developing approaches to overcoming those hurdles and plans to implement these approaches off the Mid-Atlantic area of North America.

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Lake George Underwater Paleoindian Survey

  Florida has a remarkable record of Late Pleistocene and Early Archaic-age organic artifact preservation.  A recently recorded submerged Suwannee-age Paleoindian site (Late Pleistocene?) in Lake George was recently surveyed by ARCOOP-sponsored archaeologists.  Although the site had been thoroughly collected, Late Pleistocene fauna was preserved in abundance.  Other work in the lake found remarkable preservation of wood and other organics of likely pre-Holocene age.  ARCOOP is presently preparing to explore the lake to identify likely archeological targets for further testing and possible excavation.

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Blueberry Hill, Possible Pre-Clovis site in southern Virginia

  The Cactus Hill site in southern Virginia on the Nottoway River is one of the most important candidates for a pre-Clovis site in eastern North America.  Michael Johnson, one of the principal investigators of Cactus Hill is presently testing the area again, this time at Blueberry Hill, located on the same sand ridge about 200 meters away from the Cactus Hill excavations.  ARCOOP is assisting the excavation by providing  the use of a total station and mapping assistance.  While no definitive Pleistocene-age artfiacts have yet been recovered, the preliminary results are promising.

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