Fiber-Perishables Sourcing in the Northern Great Basin

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Strontium sourcing is a technique often used in sourcing the origin or migration patterns of animal and human remains but also used occasionally to source the growing location of plant material. While these studies are uncommon, they are not new. Here I will be presenting the eagerly awaited results of the sourcing data from Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene plant material refuse from Paisley Caves textile manufacture and the surrounding environment. This study encompasses a large modern landscape background dataset development, and the testing of six samples from the lower deposits in Paisley Caves dating from 12,600-8,000 cal BP, from caves 1 and 2. The archaeological samples are focused on the basketry or textile trimmings created during manufacture, and environmental or bulk material deposits. Environmental samples draw from various sub-drainages within the Chewaucan and Warner Basins, and to a lesser extent Guano Basin, and Catlow Basin.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 33034