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Title: Anth 421 Ch 12 Great Basin

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Total Flash Cards: 8

Created: 12/07/2009 13:40:45

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Term
Evolutionary Ecology
 Definition
Use natural selection, behavioral modelling, and ethnographic data
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Great Basin vital artifacts
 Definition
Digging sticks, and metate and mano
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Great Basic Projectile Points, chronological order
 Definition
Gatecliff, Elko, Rosegate, Desert Sidenotch, Cottonwood.
Term
Great Basin classic dry cave sites
 Definition
Gatecliff Shelter
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How did Fremont people differ from other Great Basin cultures?
 Definition
More sedentary, horticulture practiced. Some southwestern cultural traits. Farmsteads, pit houses, and small villages.
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Tech/subsistence changes after AD900 droughts
 Definition
Bow and arrow replace spear/atlatl. Smaller, lighter projectile points.
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Explanation of Fremont disappearance?
 Definition
Fremont disappears after AD100 due to droughts
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How did Great Basin Groups Manage the environment?
 Definition
Controlled burns and limited irrigation.