ABSTRACT

This article briefly explores the archaeological signatures of Early through Late Holocene resource use and hunter-gatherer settlement patterns near Emerson Lake aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. Investigations of 156 localities along a linear belt of probable plant biomass modeled through Normalized Difference Vegetation Index assessments registered larger, richer, and more diverse assemblages containing significantly higher frequencies of resource-processing artifacts, such as flake tools and ground stone, nearer this belt than predicted by random distribution, suggesting that hunter-gatherer encampments, reflecting the utilization of recurring abundant seasonal biotic patches, targeted this belt. However, other than upticks in processing artifact numbers and proximity to the belt during the 1,000 years prior to European contact, archaeological assemblage profiles remain comparatively constant, implying little deviation in the way local hunter-gatherers utilized and settled around this landscape throughout the Holocene.

摘要

本文简要探讨了海军陆战队空地作战中心艾默生湖附近全新世早期至晚期资源利用的考古特征和狩猎采集者聚居模式。通过归一化差异植被指数评估建模的可能植物生物量线性带沿线 156 个地点的调查记录了更大、更丰富和更多样化的组合，其中包含明显更高频率的资源加工制品，例如片状工具和磨碎的石头，比该带更靠近该带通过随机分布预测，这表明狩猎采集者的营地，反映了对反复出现的丰富的季节性生物斑块的利用，瞄准了这个带。然而，除了在欧洲接触之前的 1000 年中处理人工制品数量和靠近传送带的数量增加之外，