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Antiquity of early Holocene small-seed consumption and processing at Danger Cave

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David Rhode ,
David B. Madsen  and
Kevin T. Jones
David Rhode
Affiliation:
1Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno NV 89512, USA
David B. Madsen
Affiliation:
1Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno NV 89512, USA
Kevin T. Jones
Affiliation:
2Antiquities Section, Utah Division of State History, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, USA
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When did people start to eat small seeds, and what drove them to it? New investigations and dating at the Danger Cave in the American Great Basin show that seeds (pickleweed seeds) did not become part of the staple diet until after 8700 b.p. It was at this time that animal and plant resources had begun to seriously diminish in a shrinking wetland.

Keywords

Post-PleistoceneDanger Cavesubsistence strategies
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Research
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Antiquity , Volume 80 , Issue 308 , 1 June 2006 , pp. 328 - 339
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2006

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