Beyond Paleoarchaic Lithic Procurement at the Bear Creek Site

Summary

This is an abstract from the "The Second-Oldest Sites in the Pacific Northwest" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

More than 3,600 chipped stone artifacts were recovered from the Bear Creek site in Redmond, Washington, primarily from a context dating to ca. 12,500–10,000 cal BP. Projectile point styles include unfluted lanceolate and Western Stemmed Tradition points. The site was excavated as part of a cultural resources management project in 2009 and 2013. In this paper, we address questions about toolstone and technology prioritized by the descendant communities of the people who created the site. We use reduction sequence analysis, central place foraging models, and other approaches to explore how people interacted with their lithic landscape. We also explore the gaps in a scientific perspective on ancient technology and directions for future research.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Second-Oldest Sites in the Pacific Northwest   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 35966.0