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...

Introduction [excerpt] The purpose of this study is to document the upland archaeological sites located on Broad Mountain in Carbon County, Pennsylvania .... The goal of this project is twofold: first to collect as much information as possible about what sites are present on Broad Mountain that may provide additional information about the occupation of the area during the precontact period; secondly this project will assess the method of finding and documenting small, upland archaeological sites through...