Preliminary results from the Paleoindian record of Guano Valley, Oregon

Summary

Guano Valley is located between Warner and Catlow valleys. Relative to the surrounding valleys, it has received little attention from professional archaeologists over the years despite early visits by Luther Cressman. During the 2016 field season, the Great Basin Paleoindian Research Unit (University of Nevada, Reno) began a long-term research project in Guano Valley focused on searching for Paleoindian sites in the area. Although our work is in its infancy, we have already uncovered a very rich record of Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene (TP/EH) occupation associated with a delta system that likely brought fresh water into the basin while those sites were occupied. Because TP/EH lakes in Guano Valley were stable for long periods due to the presence of a low sill above which they could not rise at the northern end of the basin, the valley likely supported a long-term productive marsh system that attracted early groups to the area.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)

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Abstract Id(s): 17407