Date of Award:
5-2014
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Sociology and Anthropology
Department name when degree awarded
Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology
Committee Chair(s)
Steven Simms
Committee
Steven Simms
Committee
Judson Finley
Committee
David Byers
Abstract
This research employs a sample of archaeological sites from three ecological zones to investigate the mobility strategies of hunter-gatherer groups in Late Archaic southwestern Idaho. The sample sites are organized into site types based on an independent evaluation of site components and existing site records. Ceramic assemblages at each site were analyzed to quantify the investment in ceramic technology, as a proxy for mobility. These measures were then compared to expectations generated from three proposed mobility patterns for hunter-gatherer groups in southwestern Idaho. Some of the predictions were met and these data allude to an archaeological record with a multitude of settlement patterns that may have changed over the course of seasons, years, and even decades.
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Recommended Citation
Dougherty, Jessica A., "Ceramic Technology, Women, and Settlement Patterns in Late Archaic Southwestern Idaho" (2014). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 3568.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3568
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