Prehistoric piņon ecotone settlemenets of the Upper Reese River valley, Central Nevada : Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History /
The American Museum of Natural History
- Volume 53, Part 3.
- New York : The American Museum of Natural History; 1976.
- 365 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 27 cm.
- Volume 53, Part 3. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract Introduction Acknowledgements Research design and field procedures Operational and polythetic definitions Procedures Mateo's ridge site Hatoff, Brian W. and Thomas, David Hurst Vertical distribution of artifacts Artifacts recovered from Mateo's ridge site Intrasite distribution of artifacts and chippage Flat iron ridge site, 26-Ny-313 (D13) Bettinger, Robert L. Stratigraphy Subsurface features Artifacts Other artifacts Discussion Dating Construction Distribution Population Economy Additional Piņon ecotone settlements of the Reese Rier valley Thomas, David Hurst, Leventhal, Alan, and WIlliams, Leonard Microtopographic characteristics Artifacts from the Piņon ecotone sites Conclusions Predicting settlement patterns Determinants of settlement patterns at Reese Rivers Literature cited
"An archaeological survey was conducted to define the prehistoric settlement pattern operating in the Reese River Valley, central Nevada. A series of potential site "loci." were initially predicted using several geographic microtopographic criteria. Then a 12-mile-long strip of pinion-juniper woodland was surveyed for archaeological sites. A total of 65 prehistoric sites was located and mapped along the pifion ecotone, and more than 450 time-sensitive artifacts were recovered from these sites. The archaeological sites occurred at the predicted locations more than 95 percent of the time, demonstrating the validity of the polythetic criteria."