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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

mobility patterns, lithic technologies, stone tools, Late Prehistoric

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

During BYU’s 1995 field school many artifacts were brought back to BYU for analysis, including the important data set of toolstone artifacts and debris. At Fish Lake the sites excavated date from the Archaic (F7 area), Fremont (Mickeys Place), and Late Prehistoric (F14 area) time periods, each representing a different way of life. The Archaic and the Late Prehistoric time periods in the Great Basin are defined as representing a hunter/gatherer way of life. These were highly mobile, or residentially mobile groups and occupied a series of residential camps seasonally. The Fremont period 1 represents a horticultural way of life. These people were logistically mobile, able to move around, but confined to an area immediately surrounding their permanent residence. The analysis was done by myself, David DeBry2, and Cindy Eccles3 and included categorizing both tools and debris by material and the amount of modification and wear present. This made possible the identification of different technologies used in the productions of chipped stone tools.

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