Faunal assemblages from the pre-Contact period sites Frisby-Butler and Hornblower II on Marthaʼs Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA, remain unstudied since excavation during the 1980s. This project establishes radiocarbon (14C) dates from faunal remains and evaluates occupation and abandonment at each site. 14C measurements were collected from 17 specimens and 13 dates from previous analyses were re-examined. Dates were identified from the archaeological time periods Transitional Archaic (2700–3700 BP), Early Woodland (2000–2700 BP), and Late Woodland (450–1200 BP) at Frisby-Butler. Occupation likely represented seasonal visitations during autumn and winter to hunt based on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) demographic profiles. A combined dataset of new and re-calibrated 14C measurements from Hornblower II date to the Late Archaic (3700–6000 BP), Early Woodland, Middle Woodland (1200–2000 BP), and Late Woodland periods. Settlement was focused on gathering warm-weather foods like demersal fish and lakebirds. Together, the sites demonstrate periodic seasonal use of the southwest coast of the island throughout the Late Holocene and fit within an established regional pattern in southern New England.

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接触前新英格兰的更新历史：霍恩布洛尔 II 和弗里斯比巴特勒考古遗址的新 AMS 日期

来自美国马萨诸塞州玛莎葡萄园的弗里斯比-巴特勒和霍恩布洛尔 II 遗址的前接触时期遗址的动物群落自 1980 年代挖掘以来仍未得到研究。本项目建立放射性碳（14C) 从动物遗骸的日期和评估每个地点的占用和遗弃。14从 17 个样本中收集了 C 测量值，并重新检查了先前分析的 13 个日期。在弗里斯比巴特勒，从考古时期的过渡时期（2700-3700 BP）、早期林地（2000-2700 年）和晚期林地（450-1200 BP）确定了日期。职业可能代表秋季和冬季的季节性访问，以白尾鹿为基础进行狩猎（维吉尼亚鳐鱼) 人口统计资料。新的和重新校准的组合数据集14从霍恩布洛尔 II 开始的 C 测量可追溯到古代晚期（3700-6000 BP）、早期林地、中林地（1200-2000 BP）和晚期林地时期。定居点的重点是收集温暖天气的食物，如底栖鱼类和湖鸟。这些地点共同展示了在整个晚全新世期间对该岛西南海岸的周期性季节性使用，并符合新英格兰南部已建立的区域模式。