Late Pleistocene large mammal faunal dynamics from inland southern California: The Diamond Valley Lake local fauna

2010 ◽  
Vol 217 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 256-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Springer ◽  
Eric Scott ◽  
J. Christopher Sagebiel ◽  
Lyndon K. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Local Fauna ◽  
Large Mammal

Clovis Hunting Strategies, or How to Make out on Plentiful Resources

2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole M. Waguespack ◽  
Todd A. Surovell
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Diet Breadth ◽  
Ecological Framework ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Small Game ◽  
Terrestrial Mammals ◽  
Hunting Strategies ◽  
Alternative Diet

Traditionally, hunter-gatherers of the Clovis period have been characterized as specialized hunters of large terrestrial mammals. Recent critiques have attempted to upend this position both empirically and theoretically, alternatively favoring a more generalized foraging economy. In this paper, the distinction between subsistence specialists and generalists is framed in terms of forager selectivity with regards to hunted prey, following a behavioral ecological framework. Faunal data are compiled from 33 Clovis sites and used to test the two alternative diet-breadth hypotheses. The data support the older “Clovis as specialist” model, although some use of small game is apparent. Furthermore, data from modern hunter-gatherers are marshaled to support the theoretical plausibility of specialized large-mammal hunting across North America during the Late Pleistocene.

Late Pleistocene Settlement in the Nenana Valley, Central Alaska

1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Powers ◽  
John F. Hoffecker
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Late Glacial ◽  
Alaska Range ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Seasonal Basis

Ongoing research in the Nenana Valley is uncovering a complex record of Late Glacial settlement in the foothills of the Alaska Range. A local eolian sequence provides relatively precise stratigraphic and chronological control, permitting integration with regional paleoclimatic history. Initial occupation seems to have occurred approximately 12,000 years ago, and is represented by several assemblages containing bifacial points. Microblade technology did not appear until ca. 10,500 B.P. The valley probably was exploited on a seasonal basis for large mammal procurement.

scholarly journals The Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) Viko vijin Local Fauna from La Mixteca Alta, northwestern Oaxaca, southern Mexico

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Jiménez-Hidalgo ◽  
Rosalía Guerrero-Arenas ◽  
Bruce MacFadden ◽  
Lucía Cabrera-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Local Fauna ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Mixteca Alta
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