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ABSTRACT This paper investigates the archaeological record of the Walker Lake basin in western Nevada using a series of statistical tests that compare the distribution of artifacts by age and landscape features. I used the patterns observed to test existing models for mobility, landscape use, and behavioral adaptations for the Great Basin and to place the Walker Lake basin in the context of other regional sub-basins. The results of this study show that the Walker Lake basin generally conforms to broad patterns of landscape use and behavioral adaptations observed in the Great Basin. At the same time, the region shows unique patterns relative to other sub-basins, including upland focused Paleoindian groups, evidence of higher overall mobility, and increased sedentism in the latest period, contra the Carson Sink record. The results provide a model for future work by investigating the entire landscape to broadly define human behavioral adaptations.
PaleoAmericaEarth and Planetary Sciences-Paleontology
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3.70
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0.00%
发文量
15
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PaleoAmerica disseminates new research results and ideas about early human dispersal and migrations, with a particular focus on the Americas. It fosters an interdisciplinary dialog between archaeologists, geneticists and other scientists investigating the dispersal of modern humans during the late Pleistocene. The journal has three goals: First and foremost, the journal is a vehicle for the presentation of new research results. Second, it includes editorials on special topics written by leaders in the field. Third, the journal solicits essays covering current debates in the field, the state of research in relevant disciplines, and summaries of new research findings in a particular region, for example Beringia, the Eastern Seaboard or the Southern Cone of South America. Although the journal’s focus is the peopling of the Americas, editorials and research essays also highlight the investigation of early human colonization of empty lands in other areas of the world. As techniques are developing so rapidly, work in other regions can be very relevant to the Americas, so the journal will publish research relating to other regions which has relevance to research on the Americas.
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