| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 284 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Introduction / Douglas B. Bamfforth -- Previous Paleoindian research at Medicine Creek / E. Mott Davis -- Landforms, alluvial stratigraphy, and radiocarbon chronology at selected Paleoindian sites around Medicine Creek Reservoir / David May -- Cultural and paleoenvironmental implications of freshwater mussels from the Allen Site / Robert E. Warren -- Growth increment analysis of freshwater mussel shell from the Allen Site / James C. Chatters -- Paleoenvironmental interpretations of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in southwestern Nebraska : the pollen and phytolith evidence / Linda Scott Cummings, Thomas E. Moutoux, and Reid A. Bryson -- Early Holocene vegetation of the central Great Plains based on paleobotanical and paleoethnobotanical remains from the Medicine Creek area / L. Anthony Zalucha -- Archaeology of the Allen Site : introduction, fieldwork, and provenience data / Douglas B. Bamforth -- Spatial structure and refitting of the Allen Site lithic assemblage / Douglas B. Bamforth and Mark Becker -- The Allen Site lithic assemblage / Douglas B. Bamforth and Mark Becker -- Other archaeological evidence / Douglas B. Bamforth -- Faunal evidence for subsistence and settlement patterns at the Allen Site / Jean Hudson -- Synthesis : Paleoindian occupation of the Allen Site / Douglas B. Bamforth -- Beyond Medicine Creek : the Allen Site and Plains Paleoindian-period ways of life / Douglas B. Bamforth |
| Summary |
Recent research on the intriguing Allen Site in southwestern Nebraska and the nearby Medicine Creek sites has revealed a wealth of new information on the land and animal use of the early inhabitants |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Paleo-Indians -- Nebraska -- Medicine Creek Valley
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Paleoethnobotany -- Nebraska -- Medicine Creek Valley
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Paleoecology -- Nebraska -- Medicine Creek Valley
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Nebraska -- Medicine Creek Valley
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Paleo-Indians
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Paleoecology
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Paleoethnobotany
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| SUBJECT |
Medicine Creek Valley (Neb.) -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
Nebraska -- Medicine Creek Valley
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bamforth, Douglas B
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| LC no. |
2007023286 |
| ISBN |
9780826342973 |
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0826342973 |
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9780826342959 |
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0826342957 |
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1283636972 |
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9781283636971 |
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6613949434 |
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9786613949431 |
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