Prehistory of Nevada's northern tier : archaeological investigations along the Ruby Pipeline. (Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 101) ; Archaeological investigations along the Ruby Pipeline.

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Title: Prehistory of Nevada's northern tier : archaeological investigations along the Ruby Pipeline. (Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 101) ; Archaeological investigations along the Ruby Pipeline

Contributor: Hildebrandt, William R. [Author]; McGuire, Kelly R. [Author]; King, Jerome. [Author]; Ruby, Allika. [Author]; Young, D. Craig. [Author]; Rhode, David, 1956- [Author]; Rosenthal, Jeffrey. [Author]; Barker, James P. (James Patrick) [Author]; Colligan, Kaely. [Author]; Bloomer, William. [Author]; Garner, Albert. [Author]; Stevens, Nathan (Nathan Erik) [Author]; Ugan, Andrew. [Author]; Carpenter, Kimberley. [Author]; Brink, Laura. [Author]; Waechter, Sharon. [Author]; Hughes, Richard E. (Richard Edward), 1947- [Author]; Origer, Thomas M. [Author]; Street, Sharlyn. [Author]; Pierce, Wendy (Wendy N.) [Author]; Far Western Anthropological Research Group. [Author]

imprint: American Museum of Natural History., 2016-03-11

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5531/sp.anth.0101

Keywords: Paleo-Indians ; Antiquities ; Land settlement patterns ; Nevada ; Northern Paiute Indians ; Numic Indians ; Excavations (Archaeology) ; Prehistoric ; Ruby Mountains Region (Nev.) ; Shoshoni Indians ; Ruby Pipeline Project

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Description: 405 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm. ; The Ruby Pipeline originates in Opal, Wyoming, travels westward across Utah and Nevada, and terminates in Malin, Oregon. Almost 360 miles of the line is in Nevada, where it crosses through some of the most remote, sparsely populated land in the lower 48 states. Despite the remote nature of this corridor, it has produced a rich archaeological record reflecting a dynamic history of land-use pattern changes over a period of at least 13,000 years. Archaeological excavations were conducted at 578 prehistoric sites prior to construction of the pipeline. The sites were distributed across four ecological regions, including (from west to east): the High Rock Country, Upper Lahontan Basin, Upper Humboldt Plains, and Thousand Springs Valley. First evidence of human occupation dates to the Paleoindian (14,500-12,800 cal b.p.) and Paleoarchaic (12,800-7800 cal b.p.) periods, when people spent most of their time in the High Rock Country where important economic resources reached their highest densities. Paleoindian findings are limited to a series of Great Basin Concave Base projectile points and small obsidian flaked stone concentrations. Paleoarchaic sites are much more common, and tend to be represented by Great Basin Stemmed projectile points, bifaces, and a limited number of other flaked stone tools. Most of these assemblages reflect small groups of hunters refurbishing their tool kits as they traveled through the area. An important exception to this pattern was found at Five Mile Flat along the west end of pluvial Lake Parman where two significant habitation sites dating to 11,180 cal b.p. were discovered. One of these sites includes a house floor, which is the oldest ever found in the Great Basin. Despite the warm-dry conditions that characterized much of the middle Holocene, it appears that human populations nearly doubled during the Post-Mazama Period (7800-5700 cal b.p.). Most activity remained concentrated in the High Rock Country, but evidence for occupation ...

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