High Elevation Hunting, Southwestern Great Basin (Other Keyword)
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Middle Archaic Expansion into High Elevation Habitats: A View from the Southwestern Great Basin (2015)
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Several researchers have hypothesized that high elevation habitats were not intensively used until after 4000 cal BP when lowland settlements became more stable and logistical hunting organization emerged. This paper evaluates this hypothesis by comparing the relative frequency of Pinto versus Elko/Humboldt series projectile points across a variety of lowland and upland settings in the White Mountains/Owens Valley area. SAA 2015 abstracts made available in tDAR courtesy of the Society for...