Subsistence Diversity During the Western Stemmed Tradition in the Intermountain West

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Current Perspectives on the Western Stemmed Tradition-Clovis Debate in the Far West" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

We have learned more about Western Stemmed subsistence patterns in the Intermountain West over the past decade than we learned during the previous half century. Remarkable subsistence assemblages recovered from sites such as Bonneville Estates Rockshelter, Paisley Cave 2, Weed Lake Ditch, Little Steamboat Point 1, and the Wishbone Site tell a tale of subsistence diversity associated with Western Stemmed points. Artiodactyls, leporids, sage grouse, waterfowl, fish, and insects were commonly consumed, particularly during the Younger Dryas. Plant consumption is hinted at, but rarely preserved in these assemblages, leaving a noticeable gap that somehow needs to be filled in order to gain a more complete understanding of early subsistence activities in the Intermountain West.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Current Perspectives on the Western Stemmed Tradition-Clovis Debate in the Far West   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23157