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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Dec 1, 2020
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PaleoAmerica, Mar 6, 2023
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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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Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Jul 1, 1994
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Quaternary International, Oct 1, 2011
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... 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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Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Jul 1, 1995
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University Press of Colorado eBooks, 2016
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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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Journal of Archaeological Science, Jul 1, 1996
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Quaternary International, Feb 1, 2023
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Ethnobiology Letters, May 9, 2011
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Quaternary International, Feb 1, 2018
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American Antiquity, Sep 1, 2013
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Quaternary Research, Mar 1, 2000
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Before farming, 2009
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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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Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology, 2011
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Dec 1, 2020
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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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Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Jul 1, 1994
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... 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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Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Jul 1, 1995
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University Press of Colorado eBooks, 2016
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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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Journal of Archaeological Science, Jul 1, 1996
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Quaternary International, Feb 1, 2023
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Ethnobiology Letters, May 9, 2011
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Quaternary International, Feb 1, 2018
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American Antiquity, Sep 1, 2013
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Before farming, 2009
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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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Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology, 2011
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In: Archaeology, New Approaches in Theory and Techniques, edited by Imma Ollich-Castanyer, InTech, Croatia, pp. 3-40, 2012
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