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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Determining Early Settlement Patterns — NSF Award to Dartmouth College (NH, $31,374)

This doctoral dissertation award investigates human settlement and agricultural practices at a site that has largely characterized the region as dominated by hunter-gatherers with low population density, who moved seasonally to different environmental settings, and practiced limited, if any, domestic agriculture. New e

Award titleDoctoral Dissertation Research: Determining Early Settlement Patterns
Award ID2535868
AwardeeDartmouth College
CityHANOVER
StateNH
Amount obligated$31,374
Principal investigatorJesse Casana
ProgramArchaeology DDRI
Start date09/01/2025
AbstractThis doctoral dissertation award investigates human settlement and agricultural practices at a site that has largely characterized the region as dominated by hunter-gatherers with low population density, who moved seasonally to different environmental settings, and practiced limited, if any, domestic agriculture. New evidence suggests the possible presence of widespread maize cultivation and nucleated permanent villages. Resolution of questions surrounding past settlement and subsistence practic
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