ABSTRACT State archaeological site files are a critical component of cultural resource management and information management toolkits. Yet, engagement with these datasets for research purposes can be difficult, at best. We address some of the challenges to a synthesis of spatial data from state site files by examining the Woodland period components of Deptford/Cartersville, Swift Creek, and Weeden Island. We also examine time slices of a large set of radiocarbon dates from contexts reported to be associated with Deptford and Swift Creek. Dates are plotted on a map at the same spatial scale as our site files dataset to evaluate time and space simultaneously. This study reveals important gaps in the radiocarbon dataset that can be rectified with strategic sampling. It also supports some long-held ideas about the spatial distribution of Deptford, Swift Creek, and Weeden Island. For example, Weeden Island is demonstrated to be strongly centered on the Alabama and Florida Gulf Coast, whereas Deptford is concentrated on both the Gulf and the Atlantic Coastal Plains.

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林地时期的空间维度

摘要 国家考古遗址档案是文化资源管理和信息管理工具包的重要组成部分。然而，为了研究目的而使用这些数据集可能很困难，充其量。我们通过检查 Deptford/Cartersville、Swift Creek 和 Weeden Island 的 Woodland 时期组件来解决从州站点文件中合成空间数据的一些挑战。我们还从据报道与 Deptford 和 Swift Creek 相关的环境中检查了大量放射性碳日期的时间片。日期以与我们的站点文件数据集相同的空间尺度绘制在地图上，以同时评估时间和空间。这项研究揭示了放射性碳数据集中的重要差距，可以通过战略抽样来纠正这些差距。它还支持了一些长期存在的关于 Deptford 空间分布的想法，斯威夫特溪和威登岛。例如，威登岛被证明主要集中在阿拉巴马州和佛罗里达州墨西哥湾沿岸，而德特福德则集中在墨西哥湾和大西洋沿岸平原。