Fish Remains from Homestead Cave and Lake Levels of the Past 13,000 Years in the Bonneville Basin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24086830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J M Broughton (0000-0002-5886-1503, University of Utah), David B Madsen (0000-0002-4477-103X, Utah Geological Survey), Jay Quade (0000-0003-2342-858X, University of Arizona) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 392-401 |
| Publication date | 2000-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5894 • E-ISSN: 1096-0287 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1006/qres.2000.2133 |
| OpenAlex | W2021231411 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 18 |
A late Quaternary ichthyofauna from Homestead Cave, Utah, provides a new source of information on lake history in the Bonneville basin. The fish, represented by 11 freshwater species, were accumulated between ∼11,200 and ∼1000 14 C yr B.P. by scavenging owls. The 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratio of Lake Bonneville varied with its elevation; 87 Sr/ 86 Sr values of fish from the lowest stratum of the cave suggest they grew in a lake near the terminal Pleistocene Gilbert shoreline. In the lowest deposits, a decrease in fish size and an increase in species tolerant of higher salinities or temperatures suggest multiple die-offs associated with declining lake levels. An initial, catastrophic, post-Provo die-off occurred at 11,300–11,200 14 C yr B.P. and was followed by at least one rebound or recolonization of fish populations, but fish were gone from Lake Bonneville sometime before ∼10,400 14 C yr B.P. This evidence is inconsistent with previous inferences of a near desiccation of Lake Bonneville between 13,000 and 12,000 14 C yr B.P. Peaks in Gila atraria frequencies in the upper strata suggest the Great Salt Lake had highstands at ∼3400 and ∼1000 14 C yr B.P.
Archaeology · Biology · Cave · Fish <Actinopterygii> · Fishery · Geography · Pleistocene · Quaternary · Salt lake · Shore · Structural basin · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Marine and environmental studies · Oceanography · Paleontology
The micromorphology of Younger Dryas-aged black mats from Nevada, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico
Late Pleistocene to present lake-level fluctuations at Pyramid and Winnemucca lakes, Nevada, USA
Late Pleistocene and early Holocene rivers and wetlands in the Bonneville basin of western North America
Early Holocene Great Salt Lake, USA
Within-taxon morphological diversity in late-Quaternary Neotoma as a paleoenvironmental indicator, Bonneville Basin, Northwestern Utah, USA
Early Holocene Great Salt Lake
Did climatic seasonality control late Quaternary artiodactyl densities in western North America?
The “Fishing Link”
Chipped-Stone Crescents from the Terminal Pleistocene–Early Holocene of Far Western North America and the Transverse Projectile Point Hypothesis
A 14,000-year record of fire, climate, and vegetation from the Bear River Range, southeast Idaho, USA
Evidence for a winter-snowpack derived water source for the Fremont maize farmers of Range Creek Canyon, Utah, USA
Holocene artiodactyl population histories and large game hunting in the Wyoming Basin, USA
Stable isotopes, diet, and taphonomy
Basketry, cordage, and perishable artifact manufacture at Bonneville Estates Rockshelter
Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments
Fish and Fishing in the Southern Columbia Plateau and Northwestern Great Basin during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene
A speleothem record of Holocene paleoclimate from the northern Wasatch Mountains, southeast Idaho, USA
Climate, environment, and humans in North America’s Great Basin during the Younger Dryas, 12,900–11,600 calendar years ago
Applications of vertebral morphometrics inPacificIsland archaeological fishing studies
Holocene Environmental Change, Artiodactyl Abundances, and Human Hunting Strategies in the Great Basin
Shellfish Feeders, Carrion Eaters, and the Archaeology of Aquatic Adaptations
Taphonomy through fisheyes
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2026 (26) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |