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Browsing by Subject "Great Basin"
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A Case for Paleoindian Use of Pinto Projectile Points in the Great Basin: Morphological Analysis from the Old River Bed, Utah
(2012)The chronology and morphology of Pinto series projectile points in the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert have been the subject of much debate. Split-stemmed points have been found in both early and late contexts associated ... -
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A Natural and Cultural History of Leonard Rockshelter, NV
(2020)Leonard Rockshelter (LRS) is located in Pershing County, Nevada. Robert Heizer excavated the site in 1950 and reported more than 2 m of stratified deposits from which he recovered a modest assemblage of perishable and ... -
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A Stone's Throw from the Source: An Examination of Fine-Grained Volcanic Toolstone Use in the Pah Rah Range, Western Nevada
(2014)Prehistoric use of the Pah Rah Range in western Nevada has resulted in a diverse record of hunting, processing, and residential sites, many of which contain artifacts manufactured from fine-grained volcanic (FGV) toolstones. ... -
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A Tree Ring Based Fire History of the Clover Mountains, Lincoln County, Nevada
(2009)Fire is a dominant form of disturbance in the American west, and is a primary management concern because of its threat to natural resources and human development. Research on fire history of the Great Basin is lacking. ... -
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An Examination of Western Stemmed Tradition Settlement-Subsistence, Territoriality, and Lithic Technological Organization in the Northwestern Great Basin
(2020)A paucity of stratified, open-air Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) sites has long been an issue for Great Basin researchers. Most Paleoindian sites are near-surface lithic scatters that lack subsistence residues, perishable ... -
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Application of Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis to the Desert Queen Geothermal Prospect, Northern Hot Springs Mountains, Churchill County, Nevada
(2021)This study utilized a multidisciplinary approach to assess geothermal potential at the Desert Queen geothermal area, a known blind geothermal system in western Nevada. Geothermal play fairway analysis was employed to vector ... -
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Biological Soil Crust Cover and Richness in Two Great Basin Vegetation Zones
(2015)Biological soil crusts are communities of bacteria, microfungi, algae, lichens, and/or bryophytes that colonize the surfaces of soils where other vegetation is sparse. Soil crust communities are best known from the world’s ... -
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Catlow Twine Basketry through Time and Space: Exploring Shifting Cultural Boundaries through Prehistoric and Ethnographic Basketry Technology in the Northwestern Great Basin
(2017)In this dissertation, I focus on Catlow Twine basketry and address several questions about connections between prehistoric and ethnographic groups in the Great Basin and how and when prehistoric populations moved across ... -
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Changing Landscapes During the Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene: The Archaeology and Paleoclimate of the Mud Lake Basin, Nye County, Nevada
(2011)Archaeological investigation along Pleistocene lakeshores is a longstanding and common approach to prehistoric research in the Great Basin. Continuing in this tradition, this thesis considers the archaeological remains ... -
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Characterization of present and possible future (wetter) climatic regimes utilizing the historical climatic record and an analogue technique in the southern Great Basin
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1989)The historical climatic record and an analogue technique were used to characterize present and possible future (wetter) climatic regimes in the southern Great Basin. Results of this study provide useful climatic input data ... -
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Consumption in the American Mining West: substitute and complement goods in the foodways of Aurora, Nevada
(2014)This thesis focuses on consumer choice in two historic era households, the Levy and Kaufman households. This inquiry seeks to understand household level foodways as well as community foodways patterns in Aurora, Nevada ... -
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Dendroecological testing of the pyroclimatic hypothesis in the central Great Basin, Nevada, USA
(2011)In the Great Basin region of western North America, records of past climate and wildfire variability are needed not only for fire use, but also for understanding the mechanisms behind the century‐long expansion of piñon‐juniper ... -
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Detection and Analysis of Spatiotemporal Changes in Great Basin Groundwater Dependent Vegetation Vigor
(2016)Throughout much of the arid Western United States, groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs; those in which the flora necessarily rely on surface expressions of groundwater) represent hotspots of biodiversity, providing ... -
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Determination of timing of recharge for geothermal fluids in the Great Basin using environmental isotopes and paleoclimate indicators
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1990)Research indicates that the fluid source for geothermal system recharge in the Great Basin is paleorecharge. -
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Detrital zircon uranium-lead geochronology and hafnium-isotope analyses of passive margin and Roberts Mountains allochthonstrata: Interpreting the Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of western Laurentia
(2016)This dissertation investigated Neoproterozoic–Devonian units of the western Laurentian passive margin and Roberts Mountains allochthon (RMA) and determined U-Pb detrital ages and Hf isotope zircon analyses that provide new ... -
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Developing a Geomorphic and Archaeological History of Painters Flat
(2021)Painters Flat is a small basin that sits along the northern California-Nevada border. It has never been studied in detail. During 2020 fieldwork, I collected geomorphic and sedimentological data to construct the hydrologic ... -
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Do regional habitat models outperform a single-model approach for resource selection at a population scale? A case study with mule deer in Nevada
(2024)Effective conservation and management of ungulate species requires characterization of resource availability, selection, and use. Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in the Great Basin are experiencing population reductions ... -
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Do regional habitat models outperform a single-model approach for resource selection at a population scale? A case study with mule deer in Nevada
(2024)Effective conservation and management of ungulate species requires characterization of resource availability, selection, and use. Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in the Great Basin are experiencing population reductions ... -
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Do regional habitat models outperform a single-model approach for resource selection at a population scale? A case study with mule deer in Nevada
(2024)Effective conservation and management of ungulate species requires characterization of resource availability, selection, and use. Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in the Great Basin are experiencing population reductions ... -
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Do regional habitat models outperform a single-model approach for resource selection at a population scale? A case study with mule deer in Nevada
(2024)Effective conservation and management of ungulate species requires characterization of resource availability, selection, and use. Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in the Great Basin are experiencing population reductions ...