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Titre(s) : The prehistory of Gold Butte [Texte imprimé] : a Virgin River hinterland, Clark County, Nevada / Kelly McGuire, William Hildebrandt, Amy Gilreath, Jerome King, and John Berg
Publication : Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, 2013cop. 2014
Description matérielle : xiii, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Collection : The University of Utah anthropological papers ; number 127
Lien à la collection : University of Utah anthropological papers
Comprend : Natural and cultural context ; Research issues ; Survey methods and results ;
Chronological controls ; Excavations: site reports ; Rock art ; Synthesis ; Summary
and conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index
"The Prehistory of Gold Butte uses a theoretical perspective rooted in human behavior
ecology and other foraging models to present the results of one of the largest and
most comprehensive archaeological investigations ever undertaken in southern Nevada,
involving the systematic survey of more than 31,000 acres, the documentation of more
than 377 sites, and the excavation of nine prehistoric sites. Gold Butte--at the crossroads
of the Mojave Desert, the Great Basin, and the Colorado Plateau in southern Nevada--has
a 12,000-year record of human occupation with archaeological elements that can be
traced to all three culture zones. Dramatic developments occurred in this area of
the Desert West. Farmers suddenly appeared in the Virgin River basin about 1,600 years
ago. At such iconic sites as Lost City, Main Ridge, and Mesa House, full village and
agricultural life developed over the span of a few hundred years only to completely
vanish by AD 1250 after a series of droughts and other cultural disruptions. The Patayan
held sway for several hundred years, between AD 1100 and 1500, but didn't advance
much beyond the Colorado River corridor. Finally, the Southern Paiute arrived and
occupied not only the Virgin River basin and Gold Butte but much of the northwestern
quadrant of the Southwest from at least the time of historic contact (AD 1500) to
the present. This mix of cultures illustrates historical contingency, inplace development,
and external relationships that should be expected along a boundary area such as Gold
Butte. By looking at hinterlands adjoining the prehistoric settlements that clustered
along the Virgin River corridor before, during, and after the Puebloan period, the
authors suggest that changes in settlement- subsistence and lifeways at core settlements
along the riverine corridor have corresponding effects on the character and intensity
of hinterland occupation."--Page [4] of cover
Sujet(s) : Antiquités préhistoriques -- États-Unis -- Clark (Nev. ; comté)
Fouilles archéologiques -- États-Unis -- Clark (Nev. ; comté)
Indiens d'Amérique -- États-Unis -- Antiquités -- Clark (Nev. ; comté)
Numéros : ISBN 9781607813057 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 160781305X (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN
9781607813064 (erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43899479p
Notice n° :
FRBNF43899479
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