Prehistory of the Carson Desert and Stillwater Mountains

by Kelly, Robert L.

• ISBN13: 9780874806724
• ISBN10: 0874806720
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Utah Pr

Summary

This study examines prehistoric use of the Stillwater Marsh in the Carson Desert of western Nevada and the adjacent Stillwater Mountains based on an archaeological survey undertaken in 1980 and 1981, and excavations conducted in 1987. Much of the argument about the use of wetlands revolved around whether they were used be sedentary hunter-gatherers, were just one stop of a family's seasonal round, or were used only as backup resources. As a result, this report focuses on the issues of hunter-gatherer subsistence and mobility.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	viii
List of Tables	xii
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction: Theoretical Background	3	(15)
Ethnographic and Environmental Background	18	(19)
The Foraging Model	37	(28)
Stone Tools and Mobility	65	(37)
Survey Fieldwork and Site Description	102	(36)
Analysis of Survey Data	138	(39)
Excavations at 26Chio62	177	(38)
Geologic Background	177	(5)
Robert L. Kelly
Keith K. Katzer
Excavation	182	(33)
Robert L. Kelly
Artifacts from 26Chio62	215	(36)
Stone Tools	215	(9)
Robert L. Kelly
Bone Tools	224	(1)
Robert L. Kelly
Clay Objects	225	(1)
Robert L. Kelly
Debitage	225	(11)
Robert L. Kelly
Shell Beads and Ornaments	236	(9)
Steven D. Grantham
Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Obsidian Artifacts	245	(6)
Richard E. Hughes
Faunal and Botanical Remains from 26Chio62	251	(38)
Phytolith Analysis	251	(1)
Linda Scott Cummings
Pollen	252	(2)
Peter Wigand
Macrobotanical Remains	254	(8)
David Rhode
Mammalian Faunal Remains	262	(9)
Nancy D. Sharp
Fish Faunal Remains	271	(9)
Virginia L. Butler
Avian Faunal Remains	280	(9)
Stephanie Livingston
Summary and Conclusions	289	(16)
References	305	(20)
Contributors	325