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Lahontan chronology and early human occupation in the western Great Basin: a new look at old collections
new perspectives on the first americans • College Station • Published In 2004 • Pages: 55-63
By: Dansie, Amy, Jerrems, Wm. Jerry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors present a model of Lake Lahontan water levels, the associated climate and, aided by newly available AMS radiocarbon dates, the timing of faunal extinctions. The model indicates where and when humans could have occupied the area during Clovis times.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Location
- Climate
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Weapons
- General tools
- 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
- 13,070-8320 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nevada, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Amy J. Dansie and Wm. Jerry Jerrems
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indians