Reconstructing paleohydrology in the northwest Great Basin since the last deglaciation using Paisley Caves fish remains (Oregon, USA)

AM Hudson, MM Emery-Wetherell, PM Lubinski… - Quaternary Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The arid northwest Great Basin underwent substantial hydroclimate changes in the
past 15,000 years, greatly affecting its desert ecosystems and prehistoric people. There are …

The terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene record in the northwestern Great Basin: what we know, what we don't know, and how we may be wrong

GM Smith, P Barker - PaleoAmerica, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Great Basin has traditionally not featured prominently in discussions of how
and when the New World was colonized; however, in recent years work at Oregon's Paisley …

Younger Dryas and early Holocene subsistence in the northern Great Basin: multiproxy analysis of coprolites from the Paisley Caves, Oregon, USA

JC Blong, ME Adams, G Sanchez, DL Jenkins… - Archaeological and …, 2020‏ - Springer
Abstract Younger Dryas and early Holocene Western Stemmed Tradition occupants of the
northern Great Basin appear to have practiced a broad-based subsistence strategy …

Bayesian Analysis of Haskett Projectile Point Radiocarbon Dates in the Intermountain West Demonstrates Contemporaneity with Clovis and Folsom Points

RL Rosencrance, KN McDonough, GM Smith… - …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
We evaluate existing radiocarbon dates at sites containing Haskett stemmed projectile
points, present 12 new dates from 5 components at 4 sites, and model the age of Haskett …

Initial human colonization of the Americas, redux

SJ Fiedel - Radiocarbon, 2022‏ - cambridge.org
The study of the peopling of the Americas has been transformed in the past decade by
astonishing progress in paleogenomic research. Ancient genomes now show that Native …

Testing the feasibility of fiber identification for fine cordage artifacts from the Paisley Caves, Oregon

E Kallenbach - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This study tests the feasibility of previously established fiber identification methods, including
polarized light microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and their suitability for …

Dating and Analysis of Western Stemmed Toolkits from the Legacy Collection of Connley Cave 4, Oregon

RL Rosencrance, KN McDonough, JA Holcomb… - …, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Stephen Bedwell excavated the Connley Caves in 1967 and 1968, uncovering
dense Western Stemmed Tradition assemblages in the lowest deposits. Reporting a series …

Chipped-Stone Crescents from the Terminal Pleistocene–Early Holocene of Far Western North America and the Transverse Projectile Point Hypothesis

DS Amick - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2024‏ - Springer
Crescents are a distinctive component of several terminal Pleistocene–early Holocene (TP–
EH) toolkits in the Far West, including the concave-based projectile point techno-complex …

Late glacial through Early Holocene environments inferred using pollen from coprolites and sediments recovered from Paisley Caves, Oregon

CV Saban, EM Herring, DL Jenkins… - Quaternary Research, 2023‏ - cambridge.org
The Paisley Cave archeological site in the Northern Great Basin has provided a rich
archaeological record from 13,000 to 6000 cal yr BP, including abundant mammalian …

Late Pleistocene subsistence in the Great Basin: Younger Dryas-aged faunal remains from the botanical lens, Paisley Cave 2, Oregon

B Hockett, ME Adams, PM Lubinski, VL Butler… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Knowledge of Younger Dryas (ca. 12,900 to 11,600 cal. BP) settlement and subsistence
patterns in the Great Basin of western North America has become increasingly detailed over …