Site 48UT375
Late Paleoindian Period Subsistence and Land Use Patterns in the Green River Basin, Wyoming
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9216671 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Craig S Smith (0000-0002-5923-7921, TRC Mariah Associates Inc., 136 East South Temple, Suite 1825, Salt Lake City, UT 84111), Thomas P Reust (TRC Mariah Associates Inc., 136 East South Temple, Suite 1825, Salt Lake City, UT 84111), Russell D Richard (TRC Mariah Associates Inc., 605 Skyline Dr., Laramie, WY 82070) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 186 |
| Pages | 133-149 |
| Publication date | 2003-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.2003.11949302 |
| OpenAlex | W2471522057 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 3 |
Excavations at Site 48UT375 in the Green River Basin of southwest wyoming provide an excellent opportunity to explore subsistence and land use patterns in a high elevation, sagebrush-covered intermountain basin during the late Paleo indian period. Excavations at this site uncovered large quantities of heat-altered rock situated around several hearth features that were radiocarbon dated between 8, 600 and 8,300 years ago. Each of these hearth features contained hundreds of highly fragmented and carbonized bone specimens representing small mammals, predominantly rabbits. In addition to the opportunistic procurement of small mammals for immediate consumption, the site occupants probably extensively processed some resource such as biscuitroot obtainable from the playa adjacent to the site. Another component dating to 7890 years ago and representing similar activities was also excavated. Comparisons with other excavated sites dating to this period in the Green River Basin including Sites 48UT786 and 48LNII85 and the Vegan and Blue Point sites indicate similar subsistence patterns. Each of these sites also contained evidence of a series of later intermittent occupations dating throughout the midHolocene, suggesting that these site localities were the focus of repeated reuse during this period
Archaeology · Drainage basin · Excavation · Geography · Hearth · Period (music · Radiocarbon dating · Structural basin · Subsistence agriculture · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Rangeland and Wildlife Management · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |