As a technologically-complex material class, perishable artifacts have the potential to address a multitude of socio-economic activities and behaviors; however, their application to these subjects are limited by poor preservation and small sample sizes. This study presents a novel approach to analysis that incorporates the chaîne opératoire of basketry and cordage, demonstrating the efficacy of applying statistics to characterize technological organization. To illustrate the utility of this approach, this study provides a diachronic analysis of basketry, cordage, and related manufacturing waste from Bonneville Estates Rockshelter (BER), a multi-layered “dry cave” archaeological site in the eastern Great Basin dating from the late Pleistocene through the Holocene. The relationship between people and the environment as well as social interaction among hunter-gatherers are addressed by considering the timing, changes, and seasonality of perishables at BER. Changes in basketry manufacture and the importance of net hunting throughout the Holocene emphasize temporal variation in community participation in subsistence activities. Debris from textile production demonstrates that BER also functioned as a multi-seasonal manufacturing and repair site. By comparing functional and technological-stylistic attributes, this study characterizes the complex ways gender influenced the manufacture and use of a material class traditionally associated with feminine work in hunter-gatherer communities.

作为一种技术复杂的材料类别，易腐烂的文物有可能解决多种社会经济活动和行为；然而，它们在这些主题上的应用受到保存差和样本量小的限制。这项研究提出了一种新的分析方法，它结合了chaîne opératoire篮筐和绳索，展示了应用统计学来表征技术组织的功效。为了说明这种方法的实用性，本研究提供了对来自 Bonneville Estates Rockshelter (BER) 的篮筐、绳索和相关制造废物的历时分析，这是一个位于大盆地东部的多层“干洞穴”考古遗址，可追溯到晚期更新世到全新世。通过考虑 BER 易腐物品的时间、变化和季节性，解决了人与环境之间的关系以及狩猎采集者之间的社会互动问题。整个全新世篮筐制造的变化和网络狩猎的重要性强调了社区参与维持生计活动的时间变化。来自纺织品生产的碎片表明 BER 还可以作为一个多季节的制造和维修场所。通过比较功能和技术风格属性，本研究描述了性别影响传统上与狩猎采集社区中女性工作相关的材料类别的制造和使用的复杂方式。