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Prehistory Of Long Valley, Idaho, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service
Prehistory Of Long Valley, Idaho, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service
Archaeology/Anthropology
This thesis deals with a group of artifact collections gathered by local amateurs from a series of sites along the western shoreline of Cascade Reservoir. This study uses these artifacts as a basis to put together a preliminary view of Long Valley prehistory. Outlines of the basic artifact types are formulated and placed into a chronology based upon typological comparisons and obsidian hydration. Previous archaeological work, the ethnohistory, and local geology of the valley are discussed and related ot the sites, used in this study, in order to determine their patterns and characteristics. From these efforts directions for further research …