Abstract This thesis explores possible interactions between Paleoindian peoples of New Jersey and two surrounding states: New York and Pennsylvania and extinct megafauna species based on archaeological and cartographic evidence. For years, archaeologists and paleontologists had assumed that Paleoindian peoples hunted these giant mammals into extinction. Lately, this theory has come under fire from critics who propose that climate change had a bigger impact. Currently, there is very little...

Abstract The re-visitation and analysis of a previously excavated site and its artifact assemblage is something that is not always as common as it should be. This thesis will examine the importance of revisiting artifact assemblages through a single case study that follows the story of some particular archaeological site, its artifact collection, and its importance to the Middle Atlantic region of the United States's prehistory. The importance of revisiting artifact assemblages is examined through...