The Western Stemmed Tradition: Problems and Prospects in Paleoindian Archaeology in the Intermountain West. (2nd January 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The Western Stemmed Tradition: Problems and Prospects in Paleoindian Archaeology in the Intermountain West. (2nd January 2020)
- Main Title:
- The Western Stemmed Tradition: Problems and Prospects in Paleoindian Archaeology in the Intermountain West
- Authors:
- Smith, Geoffrey M.
Duke, Daron
Jenkins, Dennis L.
Goebel, Ted
Davis, Loren G.
O'Grady, Patrick
Stueber, Dan
Pratt, Jordan E.
Smith, Heather L. - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: We review some of the current problems and prospects in ongoing Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) studies and highlight recent discoveries at important sites in the Intermountain West. While the region has traditionally not been the focus of peopling of the Americas studies, it has received considerable attention in recent years due to the discovery of WST points and other artifacts in Clovis-aged deposits. Fieldwork at sites in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah has produced WST assemblages dated to the terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene and generated new fine-grained datasets capable of addressing longstanding questions about WST technology, chronology, and subsistence. Collectively, these efforts have helped to refocus North American Paleoindian studies on the Intermountain West and the role that it played in the peopling of the Americas.
- Is Part Of:
- PaleoAmerica. Volume 6:Number 1(2020)
- Journal:
- PaleoAmerica
- Issue:
- Volume 6:Number 1(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 6, Issue 1 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0006-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 23
- Page End:
- 42
- Publication Date:
- 2020-01-02
- Subjects:
- Peopling of the Americas -- Western Stemmed Tradition -- Paleoindian archaeology -- Intermountain West -- Desert West
Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric -- America -- Periodicals
Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric -- Periodicals
Prehistoric peoples -- Population -- Periodicals
Prehistoric peoples -- America -- Periodicals
Antiquities, Prehistoric -- America -- Periodicals
Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Periodicals
970.011 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.maneyonline.com/loi/pal ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/20555563.2019.1653153 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2055-5563
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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