Dissertation Research: Paleo-Indian Research in the Alkali Basin, Central Oregon

俄勒冈州中部的碱性盆地北部含有异常丰富的古生物组合。印度的工具。它们分布在一个现已干涸的湖泊的两条不同的海岸线上。这个研究项目将测试一个模型，证明古人类是如何。印第安人通过绘制详细的地图和对湖泊特征和文化遗迹进行地层学研究来利用湖泊和周围的土地。该项目将回答有关文化年代学、生态学和定居模式的问题。这一项目将对古生物研究产生重要影响。在美国和加拿大的印第安人。尽管最近对这一主题的研究很多，但关于北美西部早期文化传统的背景、年代和经济，仍然存在许多问题。在碱盆地的研究提供了一个独特的机会来测试早期湖泊和沼泽的使用问题，因为它是少数几个能够在具有生态特征的时间框架中发现早期文物的地区之一。此外，该研究还将解决克洛维人占领和大盆地占领的重要未解问题。它将帮助我们了解美洲原住民文化的起源。

The northern Alkali Basin in central Oregon contains unusually rich assemblages of Paleo.Indian tools. These are distributed along two separate shorelines of a now dry lake. This research project will test a model of how Paleo.Indians used the lake and the surrounding land by producing detailed maps and conducting stratigraphic studies of lake features and cultural remains. The project will answer questions about cultural chronology, ecology, and settlement patterns. This project will have important implications for studies of paleo.Indians in the United States and Canada. Despite an adundance of recent research on this topic, many questions remain regarding the context, dating, and economy of early cultural traditions in western North America. Research in the Alkali Basin provides a unique opportunity to test questions of early lake and marsh use because it is one of the few areas when early cultural objects can be found in a temporal framework with ecological features. In addition, this research will solve important unanswered questions about the Clovis occupation and the Great Basin Stemmed occupation. It will help us understand the origins of Native American cultures.