Remote Sensing, Geoarchaeology (Other Keyword)
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Revealing the Drowned Past: New Evidence for Buried Underwater Landforms in Walker Lake, NV (2018)
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Over the last 15,000 years, Walker Lake, NV has ranged in size from the southernmost branch of Pleistocene Lake Lahontan to a small alkali wetland. These conditions have provided valuable, but varied resources for local populations throughout human occupation. Sites identified during summer 2015 and 2016 illustrate the preservation of sites in environments where both submersion and drying have occurred. Investigations during summer 2017 revealed the presence of numerous landforms under the...