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New Evidence for Late Paleoindian-Early Archaic Subsistence Behavior in the Western Great Lakes

Kuehn, Steven R.·1998·American Antiquity
DOI 10.2307/2694630
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Late Paleoindian and Early Archaic subsistence behavior in the Western Great Lakes is an important research issue that has been hindered by a lack of zooarchaeological remains, as well as disagreements over the nature of the paleoenvironmental record and human foraging behavior. Prior reconstructions of early subsistence behavior have centered on a focused, big-game hunting strategy, despite very little solid evidence. Recently, two archaeological sites in northern Wisconsin containing Late Paleoindian faunal material have been excavated, the Deadman Slough site (47PR46) and the Sucices site (47DG11). The data from these sites, and similar recently discovered sites in northeastern North America, suggest that Late Paleoindian and Early Archaic peoples employed a generalized foraging strategy, utilizing a broad range of animal species from a wide array of environmental settings. This new archaeological evidence is utilized in conjunction with detailed paleoenvironmental data and information from cultural ecological studies to develop a model of Late Paleoindian-Early Archaic subsistence behavior for the Western Great Lakes.

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Authors
Kuehn, S. R.
Affiliations
Wisconsin Historical Society (US)
Corresponding author
Kuehn, Steven R.
Venue
American Antiquity
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1998-07
Volume
63
Issue
3
Pages
457-476
ISSN
  • 0002-7316 (ISSN-L)
  • 2325-5064
DOI
10.2307/2694630
OpenAlex
W2320037943
Cited by
20
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FWCI
3.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 6778 d)
Locations
American Antiquity (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Archaeological and Geological Studies
Keywords
Late Paleoindian, Early Archaic, big game hunting, zooarchaeology, faunal remains, paleoenvironment, cultural ecology, western Great Lakes, northern Wisconsin, prehistoric human diet

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