D. Shane Miller is associate professor of anthropology at Mississippi State University. He is author of From Colonization to Domestication: Population, Environment, and the Origins of Agriculture in Eastern North America.Ashley M. Smallwood is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Louisville. She is coeditor of Clovis: On the Edge of a New Understanding.Jesse W. Tune is associate professor of anthropology at Fort Lewis College.

• Preface Introduction: Five Big Questions for the Study of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeological Record in the American SoutheastD. Shane Miller, Ashley M. Smallwood, and Jesse W. Tune Part I. State Records: Key Sites and Research Chapter 1. Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeology in Alabama, Past and PresentSteven M. Meredith Chapter 2. Evidence of Paleoindians in the Highlands and Lowlands of ArkansasJuliet E. Morrow, J. Christopher Gillam, Sarah D. Stuckey, and Sean A. Roades Chapter 3. The Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeology of FloridaJessi J. Halligan and Grayal E. Farr Chapter 4. Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in GeorgiaAshley M. Smallwood, Thomas A. Jennings, K. C. Jones, and Sydney O’Brien Chapter 5. An Overview of Paleoindian Occupations in KentuckyKary L. Stackelbeck and Greg J. Maggard Chapter 6. Louisiana Paleoindian and Early ArchaicThomas A. Jennings and Charlotte D. Pevny Chapter 7. A Summary of Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in MississippiDerek T. Anderson, James L. Strawn, Samuel O. Brookes, and D. Shane Miller Chapter 8. Recent Developments in Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in North CarolinaI. Randolph Daniel Jr. and Christopher R. Moore Chapter 9. Paleoindian and Early Archaic South CarolinaKara Bridgman Sweeney, J. Christopher Gillam, and Christopher R. Moore Chapter 10. Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in Tennessee: The Past, Present, and FutureJesse W. Tune, Jay D. Franklin, and Lauren M. Franklin Chapter 11. Evolving Perspectives on Virginia’s Paleoindian RecordJoseph A. M. Gingerich and William A. Childress Part II. The Regional Perspective Chapter 12. Paleoindian Lithic Resources and Mobility: A Model for the SoutheastRyan M. Parish and Adam M. Burke Chapter 13. Contributions of Submerged Archaeological Research to the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Record of the SoutheastMorgan F. Smith, Shawn A. Joy, Michael R. Waters, Jessi J. Halligan, Michael K. Faught, David K. Thulman, Angelina G. Perrotti, Brendan Fenerty, Ryan Duggins, and Adam M. Burke Chapter 14. Stalking the Most Predictable Prey: Early Gatherers in the Eastern WoodlandsKandace D. Hollenbach and Stephen B. Carmody Chapter 15. Plant and Animal Communities in the Southeastern United States during the Late PleistoceneChris Widga, Derek T. Anderson, and Renee B. Whitman Chapter 16. The Organization of Early Archaic Chipped Stone Technology: A Case StudyKatherine McMillan Barry and Philip J. Carr Chapter 17. Dust Cave: A RetrospectiveSarah C. Sherwood Chapter 18. Southeastern Late Paleoindian through Early Archaic ChronologiesDavid K. Thulman Chapter 19. A Large-Scale Appraisal of Paleoindian Spatial Demography in the Eastern WoodlandsAndrew A. White and David G. Anderson Chapter 20. Ethical Considerations in the Development and Maintenance of Large Research Databases: The Paleoindian Database of the Americas (PIDBA) ExampleDavid G. Anderson and D. Shane Miller Part III. Perspective and Future Directions for Archaeology in the American Southeast at the End of the Last Ice Age Chapter 21. An Outsider’s View of Paleoindian Archaeology in the SoutheastVance T. Holliday Chapter 22. Five Future Directions for Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeology in the American SoutheastD. Shane Miller, Ashley M. Smallwood, and Jesse W. Tune References Cited Contributors Index