LEADER 03607nam 22005894a 450 001 9910966345303321 005 20251116141429.0 010 $a1-60781-805-1 010 $a0-585-27014-7 035 $a(CKB)111004365698994 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000226412 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11173106 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226412 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10258053 035 $a(PQKB)11109646 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3571944 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3571944 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10074313 035 $a(OCoLC)929519141 035 $a(BIP)35664558 035 $a(BIP)5621681 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004365698994 100 $a19990729d1999 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPrehistoric lifeways in the Great Basin wetlands $ebioarchaeological reconstruction and interpretation /$fedited by Brian E. Hemphill, Clark Spencer Larsen ; foreword by David Hurst Thomas 210 $aSalt Lake City $cUniversity of Utah Press$dc1999 215 $axxii, 394 p. $cill., maps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-87480-603-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 333-382) and index. 330 $aPrehistoric Lifeways of the Great Basin Wetlands examines how the earliest inhabitants of the Great basin in Nevada, Utah, and Oregon made use of ancient marshes and lakes. When the Great Salt Lake receded in the 1980s from its highest historically recorded levels, it exposed a large number of archaeological and burial sites. Other wetland areas in the region experienced similar flooding and site exposure. The resulting archaeological bonanza resolved long-standing controversy over the role of wetlands in prehistoric Great Basin human subsistence. Previously, archaeologists argued two disparate views: either wetlands offered a wealth of resources and served as a magnet for human occupation and rather sedentary lifestyles, or wetlands provided only meager fare that was insufficient to promote increased sedentism. The exposure of human remains coincided with improved analytic techniques, enabling new conclusions about diet, behavior, and genetic affiliation. This volume presents findings from three Great Basin wetland areas: Great Salt Lake, Stillwater Marsh (Nevada) and Malheur Lake (Oregon). The evidence presented here does not indicate the superiority of one interpretation over another but offers a more complex picture of variable adaptation, high mobility, and generally robust health among peoples living in a harsh setting with heavy physical demands. It is the first volume to draw together new approaches to the study of earlier human societies, including analysis of mtDNA for population reconstruction and cross-sectional geometric assessment of long bones for behavior interpretation. 606 $aIndians of North America$zGreat Basin$xAntiquities 606 $aIndians of North America$xAnthropometry$zGreat Basin 606 $aHuman remains (Archaeology)$zGreat Basin 607 $aGreat Basin$xAntiquities 615 0$aIndians of North America$xAntiquities. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xAnthropometry 615 0$aHuman remains (Archaeology) 676 $a979/.01 701 $aHemphill$b Brian E$01863886 701 $aLarsen$b Clark Spencer$0451568 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966345303321 996 $aPrehistoric lifeways in the Great Basin wetlands$94470581 997 $aUNINA