essay
The Pleistocene-Holocene transition on the Plains and Rocky Mountains of North America
humans at the end of the ice age : the archaeology of the pleistocene-holocene transition • New York • Published In 1996 • Pages: 303-318
By: Frison, George C., Bonnichsen, Robson.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors discuss the paleoenvironment and the evidence of early human occupation of the Plains and Rocky Mountains, from the Clovis through Foothill-Mountain Paleo-Indian subtraditions (only the Clovis, Goshen, and Folsom cultural complexes are relevant to Early Paleo-Indian Tradition). As of yet, there are no pre-12,000-year-old human occupations within this area. There are 34 archaeological sites from the period, with all but two of them south of Canada and the Laurentide Ice Sheet. It is possible that there were co-traditions during the period.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Climate
- Topography and geology
- Cultural participation
- Settlement patterns
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Paleo-Indian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- New World
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- New World
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12,000-8000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northwestern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, Canada and United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- George C. Frison and Robson Bonnichsen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-318)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 96008914
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indians