The Archaeology of Native Americans in Pennsylvania is the definitive reference to the rich artifacts representing 14,000 years of cultural evolution and includes environmental studies, descriptions and illustrations of artifacts and features, settlement pattern studies, and recommendations for directions of further research.

IntroductionPART I. ENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION, AND THE PALEOINDIAN, EARLY, AND MIDDLE ARCHAIC PERIODSChapter 1. Genetic Stratigraphy: Late Pleistocene Through the Holocene Paleoclimates and Paleoenvironments of Pennsylvania—Frank J. Vento, Anthony Vega, and Harold RollinsChapter 2. The Paleoindian Period in Pennsylvania—Kurt W. Carr and J. M. AdovasioChapter 3. The Early and Middle Archaic Periods in Pennsylvania—Christopher Bergman, Kurt W. Carr, and J. M. AdovasioPART II. THE LATE ARCHAIC PERIODChapter 4. The Late Archaic Period in the Upper Ohio Drainage Basin—Verna L. Cowin and Sarah W.NeusiusChapter 5. The Late Archaic Period in the Susquehanna Drainage Basin—Patricia E. MillerChapter 6. The Late Archaic Period in the Delaware Drainage Basin—Roger MoellerPART III. THE EARLY AND MIDDLE WOODLAND PERIODSChapter 7. The Early and Middle Woodland Periods in the Upper Ohio Drainage Basin—Mark McConaughyChapter 8. The Early and Middle Woodland Periods in the Susquehanna Drainage Basin—Roger MoellerChapter 9. The Early and Middle Woodland Periods in the Delaware Drainage Basin—Roger MoellerPART IV. THE LATE WOODLAND/LATE PREHISTORIC, PROTOHISTORIC, AND EARLY HISTORIC PERIODS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIAChapter 10. The Monongahela Tradition of the Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric Periods, Twelfth to Seventeenth Centuries AD, in the Lower Upper Ohio Drainage Basin—William C. Johnson and Bernard MeansChapter 11. The Late Woodland, Protohistoric, and Early Historic Periods on the Lake Erie Plain of Northwestern Pennsylvania, AD 1000-1645—William C. Johnson and Stanley W. LantzChapter 12. The Late Woodland Period in the Glaciated and Unglaciated Appalachian Plateaus Province of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Glaciated Appalachian Plateau, Meade Island, and the Allegheny Erie Traditions—Stanley W. Lantz and William C. JohnsonChapter 13. The Late Woodland Period in the Pittsburgh Low Plateaus Section of West-Central Pennsylvania, AD 1000-1590—William C. Johnson, Kenneth Burkett, Sarah W. Neusius, and Beverly A. ChiarulliPART V. THE LATE WOODLAND AND CONTACT PERIODS IN THE SUSQUEHANNA AND DELAWARE VALLEYS OF PENNSYLVANIAChapter 14. A Review of Owasco and Clemson Island in Pennsylvania—Robert WallChapter 15. The Late Woodland Period in the Delaware Drainage Basin—Roger MoellerChapter 16. The Late Woodland Period in the Susquehanna and Upper Potomac Drainage Basins, circa AD 1100-1525/75—James T. HerbstrittChapter 17. Late Woodland/Early Historic Native Americans in the Susquehanna Drainage Basin: The Susquehannocks—Barry C. KentChapter 18. The Contact Period and Native American Cultures in Pennsylvania—Barry C. KentResearch Issues and Recommendations for Future ResearchAppendix. Table of Radiocarbon DatesBibliographyList of ContributorsIndexIndex of SitesAcknowledgments