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Research paper thumbnail of Human Response to Climate Change in the Bonneville Basin, Western North America: The Bonneville Estates Radiocarbon Chronology

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Dec 1, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of A Latest-Paleoindian-Aged Pronghorn Trap in the Goshute Valley, Eastern Great Basin, USA

PaleoAmerica, Mar 6, 2023

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Research paper thumbnail of A gabled wooden lodge in an archaeological context: Archaeological investigations at sample unit U19adPL, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

In 1991 the Quaternary Sciences Center at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) conducted archaeolo... more In 1991 the Quaternary Sciences Center at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) conducted archaeological investigations at sample unit U19adPL on Pahute Mesa at the request of the Department of Energy, Nevada Field Office. This work was conducted under the Long Range Study ...

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Research paper thumbnail of A Descriptive Reanaiysis of the Leporid Bones from Hogup Cave, Utah

Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Jul 1, 1994

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Research paper thumbnail of Climate, environment, and humans in North America’s Great Basin during the Younger Dryas, 12,900–11,600 calendar years ago

Quaternary International, Oct 1, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Paleontological investigations at Mineral Hill Cave /

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Research paper thumbnail of Paleolithic Zooarchaeology in Practice

... that I have reported on from the Great Basin in North America and from Portugal (Two Ledges C... more ... that I have reported on from the Great Basin in North America and from Portugal (Two Ledges Chamber, Matrac Roost, Waterfall Roost, Dondero Cave, Mineral ... BRYAN HOCKETI: PALEOLITHIC SUBSISTENCE AND THE TAPHONOMY OF SMALL MAMMAL ACCUMULAnONS ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Chronology of Elko Series and Split Stemmed Points from Northeastern Nevada

Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Jul 1, 1995

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Research paper thumbnail of Younger Dryas Archaeology and Human Experience at the Paisley Caves in the Northern Great Basin

University Press of Colorado eBooks, 2016

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Research paper thumbnail of Prehistoric human response to climate change in the Bonneville basin, western north America: The Bonneville Estates Rockshelter radiocarbon chronology

Quaternary Science Reviews, May 1, 2021

Abstract The extent to which long-term climate change has influenced cultural evolution among hun... more Abstract The extent to which long-term climate change has influenced cultural evolution among hunter-gatherers has long been debated. In the Great Salt Lake desert (USA), a detailed record of paleoenvironmental change has been developed for the last 15,000 years, but a similarly complete chronicle of human occupation and adaptation is less secure. Here, we report and analyze one of the largest datasets (n = 247) of radiocarbon ages yet amassed from a single archaeological site in the Americas — Bonneville Estates Rockshelter, Nevada — to investigate human-environment interaction in this desert setting since 13,000 years ago. Results show a striking consistency in human-occupation intensity and oscillations between cool, mesic and warm, arid climate, specifically high occupation intensity during relatively cool times, and low intensity — even abandonment — during extended periods of drought. The ultimate outcome is a clear case of how long-term oscillations in climate can repeatedly motivate change in foraging societies in a marginal environmental setting.

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Research paper thumbnail of Corroded, Thinned and Polished Bones Created by Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos): Taphonomic Implications for Archaeological Interpretations

Journal of Archaeological Science, Jul 1, 1996

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Research paper thumbnail of Evidence for Pleistocene gene flow through the ice-free corridor from extinct horses and camels from Natural Trap Cave, Wyoming

Quaternary International, Feb 1, 2023

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Research paper thumbnail of Paleonutrition

Ethnobiology Letters, May 9, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Taphonomic comparison of bones in mountain lion scats, coyote scats, golden eagle pellets, and great-horned owl pellets

Quaternary International, Feb 1, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of Identifying stone tool cut marks and the pre-Clovis occupation of the Paisley Caves

American Antiquity, Sep 1, 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of Paleobiogeographic Changes at the Pleistocene–Holocene Boundary near Pintwater Cave, Southern Nevada

Quaternary Research, Mar 1, 2000

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Research paper thumbnail of Continuity in animal resource diversity in the Late Pleistocene human diet of Central Portugal

Before farming, 2009

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Research paper thumbnail of Toward Distinguishing Human and Raptor Patterning on Leporid Bones

American Antiquity, Oct 1, 1991

Prehistoric Native Americans hunted leporids (cottontails and hares) for food, clothing, and to o... more Prehistoric Native Americans hunted leporids (cottontails and hares) for food, clothing, and to obtain raw material for the manufacture of bone tools such as awls. Leporids are also favorite prey of various carnivores and raptors, hence many archaeological sites may contain leporid bones that were deposited by both human and nonhuman activities. This paper provides data to distinguish specific agents and processes that affected leporid bones in archaeological sites. Human behavior tends to create hare tibia diaphysis cylinders, cut-marked bones, unidentifiable burned bone fragments, and assemblages with predominantly adult leporid bone specimens. In contrast, raptor behavior creates more cottontail tibia diaphysis cylinders, bones with beak and talon punctures on only one side, shearing damage principally to innominates and femora, and high frequencies of forelimb and juvenile bones when leporid bones are deposited mainly in raptor pellets.

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Research paper thumbnail of Lapa do Picareiro, un asentamiento de caza magdaleniense en la Estremadura portuguesa Lapa do Picareiro: a Magdalenian hunting site in Portuguese Estremadura

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Research paper thumbnail of Paleolithic Landscapes and Seascapes of the West Coast of Portugal

Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Human Response to Climate Change in the Bonneville Basin, Western North America: The Bonneville Estates Radiocarbon Chronology

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Dec 1, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of A Latest-Paleoindian-Aged Pronghorn Trap in the Goshute Valley, Eastern Great Basin, USA

PaleoAmerica, Mar 6, 2023

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Research paper thumbnail of A gabled wooden lodge in an archaeological context: Archaeological investigations at sample unit U19adPL, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

In 1991 the Quaternary Sciences Center at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) conducted archaeolo... more In 1991 the Quaternary Sciences Center at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) conducted archaeological investigations at sample unit U19adPL on Pahute Mesa at the request of the Department of Energy, Nevada Field Office. This work was conducted under the Long Range Study ...

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Research paper thumbnail of A Descriptive Reanaiysis of the Leporid Bones from Hogup Cave, Utah

Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Jul 1, 1994

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Research paper thumbnail of Climate, environment, and humans in North America’s Great Basin during the Younger Dryas, 12,900–11,600 calendar years ago

Quaternary International, Oct 1, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Paleontological investigations at Mineral Hill Cave /

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Research paper thumbnail of Paleolithic Zooarchaeology in Practice

... that I have reported on from the Great Basin in North America and from Portugal (Two Ledges C... more ... that I have reported on from the Great Basin in North America and from Portugal (Two Ledges Chamber, Matrac Roost, Waterfall Roost, Dondero Cave, Mineral ... BRYAN HOCKETI: PALEOLITHIC SUBSISTENCE AND THE TAPHONOMY OF SMALL MAMMAL ACCUMULAnONS ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Chronology of Elko Series and Split Stemmed Points from Northeastern Nevada

Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Jul 1, 1995

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Research paper thumbnail of Younger Dryas Archaeology and Human Experience at the Paisley Caves in the Northern Great Basin

University Press of Colorado eBooks, 2016

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Research paper thumbnail of Prehistoric human response to climate change in the Bonneville basin, western north America: The Bonneville Estates Rockshelter radiocarbon chronology

Quaternary Science Reviews, May 1, 2021

Abstract The extent to which long-term climate change has influenced cultural evolution among hun... more Abstract The extent to which long-term climate change has influenced cultural evolution among hunter-gatherers has long been debated. In the Great Salt Lake desert (USA), a detailed record of paleoenvironmental change has been developed for the last 15,000 years, but a similarly complete chronicle of human occupation and adaptation is less secure. Here, we report and analyze one of the largest datasets (n = 247) of radiocarbon ages yet amassed from a single archaeological site in the Americas — Bonneville Estates Rockshelter, Nevada — to investigate human-environment interaction in this desert setting since 13,000 years ago. Results show a striking consistency in human-occupation intensity and oscillations between cool, mesic and warm, arid climate, specifically high occupation intensity during relatively cool times, and low intensity — even abandonment — during extended periods of drought. The ultimate outcome is a clear case of how long-term oscillations in climate can repeatedly motivate change in foraging societies in a marginal environmental setting.

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Research paper thumbnail of Corroded, Thinned and Polished Bones Created by Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos): Taphonomic Implications for Archaeological Interpretations

Journal of Archaeological Science, Jul 1, 1996

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Research paper thumbnail of Evidence for Pleistocene gene flow through the ice-free corridor from extinct horses and camels from Natural Trap Cave, Wyoming

Quaternary International, Feb 1, 2023

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Research paper thumbnail of Paleonutrition

Ethnobiology Letters, May 9, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Taphonomic comparison of bones in mountain lion scats, coyote scats, golden eagle pellets, and great-horned owl pellets

Quaternary International, Feb 1, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of Identifying stone tool cut marks and the pre-Clovis occupation of the Paisley Caves

American Antiquity, Sep 1, 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of Paleobiogeographic Changes at the Pleistocene–Holocene Boundary near Pintwater Cave, Southern Nevada

Quaternary Research, Mar 1, 2000

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Research paper thumbnail of Continuity in animal resource diversity in the Late Pleistocene human diet of Central Portugal

Before farming, 2009

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Research paper thumbnail of Toward Distinguishing Human and Raptor Patterning on Leporid Bones

American Antiquity, Oct 1, 1991

Prehistoric Native Americans hunted leporids (cottontails and hares) for food, clothing, and to o... more Prehistoric Native Americans hunted leporids (cottontails and hares) for food, clothing, and to obtain raw material for the manufacture of bone tools such as awls. Leporids are also favorite prey of various carnivores and raptors, hence many archaeological sites may contain leporid bones that were deposited by both human and nonhuman activities. This paper provides data to distinguish specific agents and processes that affected leporid bones in archaeological sites. Human behavior tends to create hare tibia diaphysis cylinders, cut-marked bones, unidentifiable burned bone fragments, and assemblages with predominantly adult leporid bone specimens. In contrast, raptor behavior creates more cottontail tibia diaphysis cylinders, bones with beak and talon punctures on only one side, shearing damage principally to innominates and femora, and high frequencies of forelimb and juvenile bones when leporid bones are deposited mainly in raptor pellets.

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Research paper thumbnail of Lapa do Picareiro, un asentamiento de caza magdaleniense en la Estremadura portuguesa Lapa do Picareiro: a Magdalenian hunting site in Portuguese Estremadura

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Research paper thumbnail of Paleolithic Landscapes and Seascapes of the West Coast of Portugal

Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Optimizing Energy -The Epistemology of Primitive Economic Man

In: Archaeology, New Approaches in Theory and Techniques, edited by Imma Ollich-Castanyer, InTech, Croatia, pp. 3-40, 2012

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