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Predicting North American Late Pleistocene archaeology using an optimal foraging model

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Date

1989

Keywords

Late Pleistocene, human settlements

Abstract (summary)

This study outlines an alternative method for increasing the Late Pleistocene archaeological record in North America. An optimal foraging model is formulated based on reconstructed biomass quantities for the vegetation and fauna of the Ice-free corridor region of western Canada. The most productive areas during the Late Pleistocene are assumed to be the most probably locations for human settlements and archaeological sites.

Publication Information

Zutter, C. (1989). Predicting North American Late Pleistocene archaeology using an optimal foraging model. Canadian Journal of Archaeology, 13, 69–96. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41102824

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Item Type

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Language

English

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