Forager and Collector Strategies in the Yakima Uplands: An Analysis of Archaeological Assemblages from Testing Projects on the U.S. Army Yakima Training Center, WA.

Despite nearly 40 years of testing projects on the Yakima Training Center, there remains little understanding of human adaptations and subsistence patterns through time in the Yakima Uplands. Additionally, there is a need for a managerial testing review. Assemblage data from fifty-one discrete components spanning the Holocene allowed an economic site type model to be built. Results indicate a shift towards intensive upland resource procurement systems beginning 2,200 cal B.P. Assemblage artifact dimensions do not correlate with Site Type but do reflect expected changes associated with a transition from forager to collector systems. Assemblage data only appear complete at 10m³volume sampled. Radiocarbon records indicate cultural samples are heavily skewed towards post-2500 B.P. Geologic samples are more evenly distributed, with gaps likely attributable to depositional processes. Managerial recommendations for future testing and research were developed from the above analyses.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Cultural and Environmental Resource Management

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Davis, John M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Steven Hackenberger
• Lisa Ely
• James Chatters

• Columbia Plateau Archaeology CRM
• Anthropology
• Archaeological Anthropology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/603

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-1615