The other side of the mountain
Assessing variability in occupation behaviour between interconnected mountain ranges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7801286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott W Dersam (Henry Morrison Flagler Museum), Sari Breitenfeldt Dersam (Henry Morrison Flagler Museum), Halcyon LaPoint (US Forest Service), Mike Bergstrom (US Forest Service, Custer-Gallatin National Forest, 5001 Southgate Drive, Suite 2. Billings, MT 59109, USA) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 263-295 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hunter Gatherer Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-4253 • E-ISSN: 2056-3264 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/hgr.2019.12 |
| OpenAlex | W4361801035 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 45 |
This study assesses new archaeological data from the Beartooth Mountains of Montana to evaluate trends in central Rocky Mountain occupation patterning between interconnected mountain ranges. These assessments further clarify patterns Reckin and Todd (2020) observed between the Beartooth and Absaroka ranges. The Beartooth and Absaroka mountains exhibit differing distributions of raw material use and formal tool representation by hunter-gatherers over the Holocene. Archaeological data suggests that occupation durations and land use patterning may have varied significantly between the two ranges. To clarify these patterns, Reckin and Todd (2020) used diversity indices to evaluate raw material use and formal tool representation over the Holocene. Hunter-gatherer occupation patterning in mountain ecosystems is influenced by victual and material resource density and diversity, in addition to ease of resource access. To account for differences in inter-range resource carrying capacity and shifting ecosystem preference over the Holocene, this study addresses the influences of geologic and environmental differences between the two mountain ranges. This study maintains the methods of Reckin and Todd (2020) while introducing new archaeological data from the Beartooth Mountains. This study finds that variation in Holocene occupation durations between the two mountain ecosystems is influenced by fluctuating resource availability. This indicates that the Beartooth Mountains were a more accessible, habitable and resource-dense ecosystem during the early Holocene than the Absaroka Mountains
Archaeology · Ecosystem · Geography · Holocene · Mountain range (options · Physical geography · Range (aeronautics · Resource (disambiguation · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |