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The Cascade tradition occurred in the plateau region of northwestern United States from 8000 to 5000 BP. The people were semi-sedentary hunters, fishers, and gatherers with a generalized subsistence economy that included deer, elk, bison, antelope, river mussels, and salmon. There might have been seasonal use of plants, too. Cascade sites range from the uplands to the bottoms of river canyons, in open settings and in rock shelters. The classic Cascade lanceolate projectile point is diagnostic of the tradition as well as their semi-subterranean pit houses, among the earliest known examples of such houses.

The Cascade phase

Alpowai

The old cordilleran culture in the Pacific Northwest

Contributions to the prehistory of the Columbia Plateau

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The archaeology of Hells Canyon Creek Rockshelter, Wallowa County, Oregon

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Bense, Judith Ann	The Cascade phase	1999
Brauner, David Ray	Alpowai	1999
Butler, B. Robert	The old cordilleran culture in the Pacific Northwest	1961
Butler, B. Robert	Contributions to the prehistory of the Columbia Plateau	1962
Davis, Loren	Tradition summary	2001
Pavesic, Max Gregory	The archaeology of Hells Canyon Creek Rockshelter, Wallowa County, Oregon	1999

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