Scratching Deer
A Late Prehistoric Campsite In The Green Lakes Valley, Colorado
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9217138 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James B Benedict (Dept. of Anthropology Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado Mailing Address:Overland Road Ward, Colorado, 80481, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 70 |
| Pages | 267-278 |
| Publication date | 1975-11-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/2052546.1975.11908748 |
| OpenAlex | W816016281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 4 |
The Scratching Deer site (5 BL 69) is a small, single-component Hog Back Phase campsite inthe upper subalpine forest, western Boulder County, Colorado. The site was occupied 1260 + 95radiocarbon years ago, probably by hunters attracted to the region by stone game-drive systems on a nearby tundra ridgecrest. Although few tools were discarded at the site, analysis ofwaste flakes suggests that large numbers of cutting and scraping tools were resharpened in the occupation area, and that new tools were manufactured, possibly from imported stone that was heat-treated in especially-prepared hearths. Occupation was preceded by an interval of expanded snow cover and accelerated erosion, and was followea by an interval of loess accumulation and redeposition; snowbanks have never again been as persistent on the floor of the Green Lakes valley as they were a few centuries prior to occupation
Archaeology · Arctic · Geography · Geomorphology · Hearth · Loess · Montane ecology · Prehistory · Tundra · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Ecology and biodiversity studies · Geology · Oceanography · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 2023 (49) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |