Paleo-Indians in the San Juan Basin: A paleontological perspective

F. O’Neill
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A large gap exists in our knowledge of the Pleistocene and Holocene cultural and faunal record in the San Juan Basin. Information concerning the activities of Paleo-Indians in the basin is often based on inference from other areas. Evidence found elsewhere suggests that they exploited large migratory herds of now extinct megafauna (e.g., mammoth. horse . bison and camel) . Additionally, the paleontological record of the Pleistocene and Holocene is virtually nonexistent. Some evidence suggests that mammoth. horse, elk. bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope and muskox were the major herbivores present in the basin during th is period. The physiographic and environmental nature of the basin allowed access and exploitation of the forage resources to these an imals and apparently restricted access to bison. Traditional thinking about the lifeways of the Paleo-Indians that lived in the basin should be re-examined and founded on different research methodology before we can fully understand the story of these early human migrants and their relationship to the environment. Interdisciplinary and interagency cooperation is a cri tical factor in developing a basis for our understand ing of past life in the San Juan Basin.
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我们对圣胡安盆地更新世和全新世文化和动物记录的认识还存在很大的空白。关于盆地中古印第安人活动的信息常常是根据其他地区的推断得出的。其他地方发现的证据表明,他们利用了现已灭绝的大型动物(如猛犸象)的大型迁徙群。马。野牛和骆驼)。此外,更新世和全新世的古生物学记录几乎不存在。一些证据表明,猛犸象。马,麋鹿。大角羊、叉角羚和麝牛是这一时期盆地主要的食草动物。该盆地的地理和环境性质允许这些动物获取和利用饲料资源,但显然限制了野牛的获取。在我们能够完全理解这些早期人类移民的故事以及他们与环境的关系之前,我们应该重新审视和建立不同的研究方法,对生活在盆地中的古印第安人的生活方式进行传统的思考。跨学科和机构间的合作是为我们了解圣胡安盆地过去的生活奠定基础的关键因素。
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