Description: The Sunshine Locality in the geographic center of the Great Basin is the focus of this volume of historical research and recent archeological studies including analyses of sedimentary textures and structure, depositional processes and chronology, faunal remains used to evaluate local and regional environmental changes, and a few hypothesis to unresolved questions about the paleoenvironmental resources at this rich and unique site.
Review Quotes:
"The book is a valuable resource for Paleoindian and Great Basin specialists. The thorough analysis of the Sunshine lithic assemblages sets a high standard for other technicians studying lithic variability. ...[T]he questions asked are both theoretically informed and relevant to the peopling of the Americas. I look forward to readingPart II of The Archaeology of the Eastern Nevada Paleoarchaic."--Journal of Anthropological Research