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

俄勒冈州中部的北部碱性盆地含有异常丰富的古印度工具组合。它们分布在一个现已干涸的湖泊的两条独立的海岸线上。这项研究项目将测试古印第安人如何使用湖泊和周围土地的模型，方法是制作详细的地图，并对湖泊地貌和文化遗迹进行地层研究。该项目将回答有关文化年表、生态和聚落模式的问题。这个项目将对美国和加拿大的古印第安人的研究产生重要的影响。尽管最近关于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、年代和经济方面的许多问题仍然存在。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，因为它是少数几个可以在具有生态特征的时间框架中发现早期文化对象的地区之一。此外，这项研究将解决有关克洛维斯占领和大盆地根基占领的重要悬而未决的问题。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.