Late Archaic Corn in the Eastern Great Basin

Wilde, J.; Newman, Deborah

doi:10.1525/aa.1989.91.3.02a00120

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“…It is now clear, however, that (as with the Southwest and California) shifts in subsistence strategies in the Fremont area began several centuries earlier than the date offered by Marwitt and prior to the arrival of the bow and arrow and other farming accoutrements such as pottery and deep pithouses. Corn and the use of bell-shaped storage pits, for example, were in place in central Utah by 150  (Wilde & Newman, 1989). This suggests that intensification was under way in advance of the arrival of the bow and arrow.…”

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Fremont Hunting and Resource Intensification in the Eastern Great Basin

Janetski

1997

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Fremont Hunting and Resource Intensification in the Eastern Great Basin

Janetski

1997

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…They also associated warm and wet winters with the fact that Fremont peoples were maize horticulturalists and that maize requires both summer moisture and a lengthy growing season (Salzer, 2000; see also Talbot et al, 2000). While maize is known from this area as early as c. 2100 yr BP (Wilde and Newman, 1989), maize horticulture did not become common here until Fremont times and is not known from this area after the Fremont tradition disappears. In accord with all of this, Lupo and Schmitt (1997) observed that bison seem to have become less abundant after about 600 14 C yr BP in northeastern Utah (Figure 5).…”

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Holocene bison in the Great Basin, western USA

Grayson¹

2006

The Holocene

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Bison (Bison bison) were widespread in the eastern and northern parts of the Great Basin (the area of internal drainage in the arid western USA) during the late Holocene, particularly after 1600 14 C yr BP. However, of the four areas within the Great Basin for which there is anecdotal evidence of the historic presence of these animals, only one Á south-central Oregon Á has provided compelling empirical data in support of that evidence. Bison populations flourished in the area immediately surrounding the basin of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville between c. 1600 and 600 14 C yr BP, a fluorescence that seems to have been tied to deeper northwards incursions of monsoonal storms. Once those incursions weakened, bison populations declined substantially in size. The appearance of bison in south-central Oregon after 500 14 C yr BP may be a function of the increased winter moisture and cooler temperatures that marked this region during the 'Little Ice Age'.

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“…These historic systems can highlight how past communities harnessed water resources, but they can also address questions regarding settlement patterns, socioecological resilience, and technological advances (Brewer et al 2017; Kaptijn 2018; Lawrence and Davies 2012: Šprajc et al 2021). In the western United States, precontact and historic water features such as irrigation ditches, canals, weirs, and wells can be well preserved in archaeological contexts (Boomgarden et al 2019; Metcalfe and Larrabee 1985; Simms et al 2020; Wilde and Newman 1989). Historic features may be linked to ethnohistoric and archival documentation, whereas others have been mapped and digitized by archaeologists over the past 20 years.…”

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Challenges of Documenting Historic Water Systems

Cohen

Cannon

Jimenez

2023

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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Geospatial research in archaeology often relies on datasets previously collected by other archaeologists or third-party groups, such as state or federal government entities. This article discusses our work with geospatial datasets for identifying, documenting, and evaluating prehistoric and historic water features in the western United States. As part of a project on water heritage and long-term views on water management, our research has involved aggregating spatial data from an array of open access and semi-open access sources. Here, we consider the challenges of working with such datasets, including outdated or disorganized information, and fragmentary data. Based on our experiences, we recommend best practices: (1) locating relevant data and creating a data organization method for working with spatial data, (2) addressing data integrity, (3) integrating datasets in systematic ways across research cohorts, and (4) improving data accessibility.

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Late Archaic Corn in the Eastern Great Basin

Cited by 15 publications

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Fremont Hunting and Resource Intensification in the Eastern Great Basin

Fremont Hunting and Resource Intensification in the Eastern Great Basin

Holocene bison in the Great Basin, western USA

Challenges of Documenting Historic Water Systems

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