Boone Before Boone

Tom Whyte is a professor in the anthropology department at Appalachian State University. For more than 40 years he has been doing archaeology research in the Appalachian Mountains and has published more than 50 articles and written more than 60 technical reports on his investigations. He lives in Sugar Grove, just west of Boone, North Carolina.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Paleoindian Period: 11,500–9,500 bce2. Early Archaic Period: 8,000–6,000 bce3. Middle Archaic Period: 6,000–3,000 bce4. Late Archaic Period: 3,000 to 1,000 bce5. Early Woodland Period: 1,000 bce–200 ce6. Middle Woodland Period: 200–900 ce7. Late Woodland Period: 900–1400 ce8. Contact: Late May 1540 ceConclusionBibliographyIndex

“That Whyte teaches anthropology at Appalachian State University, centered on the town and region which are subjects of the book, means that the instructor doth know what he professes. Whyte draws upon decades worth of regional archaeological research.”—The Watauga Democrat