Stephen B Carmody
Biographic Data
| ID | 179605 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen B Carmody |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen B |
| FAMILY NAME | Carmody |
| SIGNATURE | CARMODY S B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Troy University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7412-4191 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Site Formation Processes at the Hester Site (22MO569)
The Hester Site (22MO569) is a multi‐component archeological site located in northeastern Mississippi with occupations spanning the Late Pleistocene through Holocene chronozones. The site was initially investigated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) in the 1970s and is notable for being a rare example of a stratified, open‐air site dating to the Late Pleistocene in the American Southeast. However, while the temporally di…
Early-Holocene Stemmed Bifaces from the Hester Site (22MO569) in the Upper Tombigbee River Valley, Mississippi
In the American Southeast, the most widely cited chronologies place the first appearance of stemmed-based points at the onset of the Middle Holocene (∼8200 calendar years ago), much later in comparison to the Great Basin and Pacific Northwest, where stemmed points appear to be co-eval with the Clovis culture (∼13,000 calendar years ago), or even older. However, the stemmed “Jude” point found in northern and central Mississippi may be an exception…
Early Holocene landscape use in the upper Tombigbee River valley
We draw on the distribution of recorded archaeological sites, temporally diagnostic projectile points, sources of lithic raw materials, and fossil pollen projections to evaluate existing models for Early Holocene landscape use in the upper Tombigbee River valley (UTRV) in northeast Mississippi. We then discuss the applicability of Anderson and Hanson (1988), Daniel (2001), and Hollenbach (2009) in gaining a better understanding of early hunter-ga…
Emplacement and path dependence in the American Midsouth
From foraging to farming
Peoples living in the Eastern Woodlands of North America domesticated a suite of small-seeded crops between five thousand and two thousand years ago, making this region one of roughly ten independent centers of domestication across the globe. In the Southern Appalachian region, foraging peoples began cultivating these native crops around thirty-five hundred years ago (during the Late Archaic period [3000-800 BCE]); by the start of the Early Woodl…
Organic residue analysis of two Mississippian period human effigy pipes
Food Production and Domestication Produced Both Cooperative and Competitive Social Dynamics in Eastern North America
Recent research emphasises the importance of both within-group cooperation and between-group competition for human sociality, past and present. We hypothesise that the shift from foraging to food production in eastern North America provided novel socioecological conditions that impacted interpersonal and intergroup interactions in the region, inspiring both greater cooperation as well as competition. We predict that (1) successful exploitation of…
Fire on the Mountain
The colonisation of North America and subsequent adaptation to climate change are major research foci in the American Southeast. Here, we used the Ideal Free Distribution from Behavioural Ecology and projections of fossil pollen to generate predictions for landscape use. We tested these predictions against the distribution of previously recorded projectile points in the Paleoindian Database of the Americas and archaeological sites in the Digital …
Evidence of tobacco from a Late Archaic smoking tube recovered from the Flint River site in southeastern North America
The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology
In 2014, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) conducted a sexual harassment survey of its membership. The survey's goal was to investigate whether sexual harassment had occurred among its members, and if so, to document the rate and demographics of harassment. Our findings include a high (66%) level of harassment, primarily among women, with an additional 13% of respondents reporting sexual assault. This article provides an overview …
Residue analysis of smoking pipe fragments from the Feltus archaeological site, Southeastern North America
It is the little things that count
Originally excavated in 1973, Widows Creek (1JA305) is a deeply stratified, multi-component site located on the Tennessee River in Jackson County, Alabama, with cultural deposits spanning the Early Archaic (ca. 10,000 B.P.) through the Mississippian (ca. 800 B.P.) periods. A recent study of sediment samples curated during the 1973 excavation was carried out to understand changes in the cultural and natural stratigraphy and the potential influence…
The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology
In 2014, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) conducted a sexual harassment survey of its membership. The survey's goal was to investigate whether sexual harassment had occurred among its members, and if so, to document the rate and demographics of harassment. Our findings include a high (66%) level of harassment, primarily among women, with an additional 13% of respondents reporting sexual assault. This article provides an overview …
It is the little things that count
Originally excavated in 1973, Widows Creek (1JA305) is a deeply stratified, multi-component site located on the Tennessee River in Jackson County, Alabama, with cultural deposits spanning the Early Archaic (ca. 10,000 B.P.) through the Mississippian (ca. 800 B.P.) periods. A recent study of sediment samples curated during the 1973 excavation was carried out to understand changes in the cultural and natural stratigraphy and the potential influence…
Emplacement and path dependence in the American Midsouth
From foraging to farming
Peoples living in the Eastern Woodlands of North America domesticated a suite of small-seeded crops between five thousand and two thousand years ago, making this region one of roughly ten independent centers of domestication across the globe. In the Southern Appalachian region, foraging peoples began cultivating these native crops around thirty-five hundred years ago (during the Late Archaic period [3000-800 BCE]); by the start of the Early Woodl…
Fire on the Mountain
The colonisation of North America and subsequent adaptation to climate change are major research foci in the American Southeast. Here, we used the Ideal Free Distribution from Behavioural Ecology and projections of fossil pollen to generate predictions for landscape use. We tested these predictions against the distribution of previously recorded projectile points in the Paleoindian Database of the Americas and archaeological sites in the Digital …
Residue analysis of smoking pipe fragments from the Feltus archaeological site, Southeastern North America
Evidence of tobacco from a Late Archaic smoking tube recovered from the Flint River site in southeastern North America
It is the little things that count
Originally excavated in 1973, Widows Creek (1JA305) is a deeply stratified, multi-component site located on the Tennessee River in Jackson County, Alabama, with cultural deposits spanning the Early Archaic (ca. 10,000 B.P.) through the Mississippian (ca. 800 B.P.) periods. A recent study of sediment samples curated during the 1973 excavation was carried out to understand changes in the cultural and natural stratigraphy and the potential influence…
Residue analysis of smoking pipe fragments from the Feltus archaeological site, Southeastern North America
Evidence of tobacco from a Late Archaic smoking tube recovered from the Flint River site in southeastern North America
The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology
In 2014, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) conducted a sexual harassment survey of its membership. The survey's goal was to investigate whether sexual harassment had occurred among its members, and if so, to document the rate and demographics of harassment. Our findings include a high (66%) level of harassment, primarily among women, with an additional 13% of respondents reporting sexual assault. This article provides an overview …
Organic residue analysis of two Mississippian period human effigy pipes
Food Production and Domestication Produced Both Cooperative and Competitive Social Dynamics in Eastern North America
Recent research emphasises the importance of both within-group cooperation and between-group competition for human sociality, past and present. We hypothesise that the shift from foraging to food production in eastern North America provided novel socioecological conditions that impacted interpersonal and intergroup interactions in the region, inspiring both greater cooperation as well as competition. We predict that (1) successful exploitation of…
Fire on the Mountain
The colonisation of North America and subsequent adaptation to climate change are major research foci in the American Southeast. Here, we used the Ideal Free Distribution from Behavioural Ecology and projections of fossil pollen to generate predictions for landscape use. We tested these predictions against the distribution of previously recorded projectile points in the Paleoindian Database of the Americas and archaeological sites in the Digital …
Emplacement and path dependence in the American Midsouth
From foraging to farming
Peoples living in the Eastern Woodlands of North America domesticated a suite of small-seeded crops between five thousand and two thousand years ago, making this region one of roughly ten independent centers of domestication across the globe. In the Southern Appalachian region, foraging peoples began cultivating these native crops around thirty-five hundred years ago (during the Late Archaic period [3000-800 BCE]); by the start of the Early Woodl…
Early Holocene landscape use in the upper Tombigbee River valley
We draw on the distribution of recorded archaeological sites, temporally diagnostic projectile points, sources of lithic raw materials, and fossil pollen projections to evaluate existing models for Early Holocene landscape use in the upper Tombigbee River valley (UTRV) in northeast Mississippi. We then discuss the applicability of Anderson and Hanson (1988), Daniel (2001), and Hollenbach (2009) in gaining a better understanding of early hunter-ga…
Early-Holocene Stemmed Bifaces from the Hester Site (22MO569) in the Upper Tombigbee River Valley, Mississippi
In the American Southeast, the most widely cited chronologies place the first appearance of stemmed-based points at the onset of the Middle Holocene (∼8200 calendar years ago), much later in comparison to the Great Basin and Pacific Northwest, where stemmed points appear to be co-eval with the Clovis culture (∼13,000 calendar years ago), or even older. However, the stemmed “Jude” point found in northern and central Mississippi may be an exception…
Site Formation Processes at the Hester Site (22MO569)
The Hester Site (22MO569) is a multi‐component archeological site located in northeastern Mississippi with occupations spanning the Late Pleistocene through Holocene chronozones. The site was initially investigated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) in the 1970s and is notable for being a rare example of a stratified, open‐air site dating to the Late Pleistocene in the American Southeast. However, while the temporally di…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · Biology (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (5 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 works) · Geology (4 works) · Holocene (4 works) · History (3 works)