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Anth 421 Ch 12 Great Basin
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 3
12/07/2009

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Evolutionary Ecology
Definition
Use natural selection, behavioral modelling, and ethnographic data
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Great Basin vital artifacts
Definition
Digging sticks, and metate and mano
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Great Basic Projectile Points, chronological order
Definition
Gatecliff, Elko, Rosegate, Desert Sidenotch, Cottonwood.
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Great Basin classic dry cave sites
Definition
Gatecliff Shelter
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How did Fremont people differ from other Great Basin cultures?
Definition
More sedentary, horticulture practiced. Some southwestern cultural traits. Farmsteads, pit houses, and small villages.
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Tech/subsistence changes after AD900 droughts
Definition
Bow and arrow replace spear/atlatl. Smaller, lighter projectile points.
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Explanation of Fremont disappearance?
Definition
Fremont disappears after AD100 due to droughts
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How did Great Basin Groups Manage the environment?
Definition
Controlled burns and limited irrigation.
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