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DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas Pluckhahn.

This is an abstract from the "Culture, Climate, and Connections: Eventful Histories of Human-Environment Relations" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostis) has been described as one of the state’s most famous and iconic animal species. However, the natural history of the Florida manatee is poorly understood. We systematically reviewed the literature for the occurrence of manatee bones from archaeological...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lisa Sparks.

This is an abstract from the "Working towards a More Inclusive Picture of the Past: Archaeology, Archives, and Historically Underrepresented Communities in Cultural Resources Management" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. During 2021-2022, the Bureau of Indian Affairs sponsored a Cultural Landscape Survey on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation in Northern New Mexico, covering over 9,000 acres as part of a forestry and fuels project. This survey...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richie Rosencrance.

This is an abstract from the "Early Human Dynamics in Arid and Mountain Environments of the Americas" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Cold mitigation through technological, social, and settlement strategies is one of humanity’s defining evolutionary benchmarks. Even with fire and shelter, humans are unable to sustainably live in environments where temperatures fall below 0°C. The innovation of structurally and functionally complex technologies...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Eva Eury.

This is an abstract from the "*Behavioral Ecology in the Mountain West" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Research on the impact of climate on artiodactyls in the western United States is still unfolding. Modern datasets on the impact of climatic variables on these animals often span no more than several decades and remain limited in number. Given these temporal constraints, archaeological and paleoecological data provide a promising avenue for...