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Are Paleoindians of the Great Plains and Rockies subsistence specialists?

foragers of the terminal pleistocene in north americaLincolnPublished In 2007 • Pages: 32-58

By: Kornfeld, Marcel.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author explores the prevailing theory of communal big game hunting as the basis of Paleo-Indian through Early Archaic economies, and its concomitant model of high mobility. Bone midden sites in the western United States are covered, along with sites lacking big game.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Dating methods in archaeology
Fauna
Hunting and trapping
Diet
Settlement patterns
Production and supply
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
12,000-7500 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
western United States
NotesAdditional notes
Marcel Kornfeld
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
2006032043
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Paleo-Indians