This collection of papers, published in numbers 3 and 4 of this volume of North American Archaeologist, reflects recent research into the development of pre-contact period quarries in Pennsylvania and the surrounding Middle Atlantic region.
AndrewsBWMurthaTMScheetzBE (2004) Approaching the Hatch jasper quarry from a technological perspective: A study of prehistoric stone tool production in central Pennsylvania, Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology29(2): 57–101.
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CarrKWMcLearenDC (2005) Recent testing at the Kings jasper quarry, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 1, 2005.
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EbrightCA (1987) Quartzite petrography and its implications for prehistoric use and archaeological analysis. Archaeology of Eastern North America15: 29–45.
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EricsonJEPurdyBA (eds) (1984) Prehistoric Quarries and Lithic Production. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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HatchJW (1993) Research into the Prehistoric Quarries of Bucks, Lehigh and Berks Counties, Pennsylvania. Report prepared for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg. University Park, PA: Department of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University.
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HatchJWMillerP (1985) Procurement, tool production, and sourcing research at the Vera Cruz jasper quarry in Pennsylvania. Journal of Field Archaeology12(2): 219–230.
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HolmesWH (1892) Quarry refuse and the paleolithic theory. Science20(512): 295–297.
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HolmesWH (1897) Stone implements of the Potomac-Chesapeake Tidewater province. In: PowellJW (ed) Fifteenth Annual Report of the United States Bureau of Ethnology, 1893–1894. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 3–152.
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HolmesWH (1890a) A quarry workshop of the flaked-stone implement makers in the District of Columbia. American Anthropologist3(1): 1–26.
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HolmesWH (1890b) Recent work in the quarry workshops of the District of Columbia. American Anthropologist3: 224–225.
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IngoldT (1993) The temporality of the landscape. World Archaeology52: 152–174.
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MercerHC (1894) Indian jasper mines in the Lehigh hills. American Anthropologist7(1):80–92.
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SchlangerSH (1992) Recognizing persistent places in Anasazi settlement systems. In RossignolJWandsniderL (eds) Space, Time and Archaeological Landscapes. New York: Plenum Press, 91–112.
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StewartRM (1987) Quarry and quarry-related sites in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Archaeology of Eastern North America15: 47–58.
