01288nas a2200181 4500008004100000245003100041210002500072260006200097300001100159520076200170653003000932653001300962653001100975100001700986700001801003700001701021856006801038 2011 eng d00aThe Death of Owasco--Redux0 aDeath of OwascoRedux aAlbany, New YorkbThe University of the State of New York a95-1083 a
Owasco is a culture-historic taxon originally defined by Arthur C. Parker and later refined by William A. Ritchie in the first half of the twentieth century. This taxon was at the heart of a debate on northern Iroquoian origins in the 1990s and early 2000s. In a 2003 article Brumbach and I announced “The Death of Owasco” based on an analysis of the histories of the traits used to establish the boundary between Owasco culture and the earlier Point Peninsula culture. Here I review the research on these traits since that publication that indicate an even more extended and complex set of independent histories. I reiterate the need for archaeologists to move away from culture-historic taxa as units of analysis, interpretation, and summary.
10aarchaeological systmatics10aNew York10aOwasco1 aHart, J., P.1 aRieth, C., B.1 aHart, J., P. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/death-owascoredux