Abstract
More than 50 years of studies in the southeastern region of Ohio confirm an intensification of the use of rockshelters as specialized task localities during the Late Woodland period. This article addresses rockshelters within the broader community organization of the Late Woodland landscape involving hunting and lithic resource procurement activities. In the Hocking Valley, settlement studies have shown a transition from dispersed Early to Middle Woodland household hamlets situated along the upper tributaries of Monday and Sunday creeks to Late Woodland nucleated household villages along the main stem of the Hocking River proper. Facing Monday Creek Rockshelter is offered as an example of the Late Woodland community's use of the region's many upland rockshelters. I propose that the Late Woodland exploitation of upper tributary rockshelter settings for the hunting and gathering of target resources was fundamental to the larger residential farming settlements situated in the alluvial valley.
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