All Hail the almighty buck.
" Grant seeking behavior" I like that. I've seen this myself, on a local level.
The Lenape pole lodge would leave signs of light construction also, but hardly a permanent structure.
Around 1978, I took part in the excavation and documentation of a very large and very early Lenape encampment, just outside of West Chester Pa. It covered the better part of 100 acres of a farm off rt3. When we carefully stripped down the top 8-10 inches of soil, you could see the remains of the poles, dark circles left in the lighter soils. The science done at that time showed the site had only been occupied for a period of about 3 years. The patterns suggested that the lodges were moved periodically. Again, not exactly what one would call "permanent structures".
What I was initially speaking of as weak, was the lithic evidence. I've seen better and more sophisticated produced by H. Erectus. And what they are calling "cores" do not resemble anything I'm aware of as "cores". I think Toltec would agree with me on this.
I started to imply that the site they are speaking of could well be the work of H. Erectus, or some other early branch, I think that could be the case.
Edited by red clay - 26-Feb-2013 at 10:54