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35Th GREAT BASIN ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONFERENCE ____________________________________________________________ FEATURED LANDSCAPES The theme for the 2016 GBAC meeting is Featured Landscapes. This theme touches upon a long-standing paradigm within North American archaeology which recognizes that the cultural patterns preserved in individual sites can best be interpreted when they are seen as part of much larger space or territories utilized by past peoples. In the Great Basin, where food and other raw material resources are often spread widely across the landscape, and in the case of food resources usually become available and locally abundant in specific places at specific times of the year, an understanding of human use of an area at a landscape or regional scale becomes imperative. In addition, the matrix that archaeologists find habitation sites and artifacts preserved within, or their geoarchaeological context, can also be studied at both site-specific and regional/landscape scales. This also applies to the paleoecological remains studied in order to provide critical information on changing climatic patterns – something that past peoples had to cope and locally adapt to, just as we are forced to do today. WELCOME to RENO, the Biggest Little City in the Great Basin! Photo Credits: Top: Sheldon NWR (LA Speulda-Drews) Middle: “Antelope Shaman and net” from Black Point Petroglyph site (B Hockett) Bottom L: Antelope Trap (B Hockett) Bottom R: Heinz Ranch wagon (M Drews) The 35th Great Basin Anthropological Conference October 5-8, 2016 Reno, Nevada The Great Basin Anthropological Association (GBAA) promotes the study of the peoples and cultures of the Great Basin of the western United States and its relationship to adjacent regions. Conference Chair: Bryan Hockett, Bureau of Land Management Committee Members: President: Pat Barker, Ph.D., retired Bureau of Land Management Program: Geoff Smith, Christopher Morgan, and Carolyn White Registration: Lou Ann Speulda-Drews Local Arrangements: Bryan Hockett Sponsors: Elena Nilsson Volunteers: Christopher Morgan/Anna Camp Field Trips: Mike Drews Vendors: Elena Nilsson and Bryan Hockett Web and Social Media: Shannon Hataway, Tangerine Design & Web Social Media, Facebook, Twitter: Tabitha (Beth) Burgess, Versar Download a copy of the Program and Abstracts online at: http://greatbasinanthropologicalassociation.org Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................... 2 BOOK ROOM AND VENDORS ............................................................................. 3 SPONSORS ............................................................................................................... 4 GREAT BASIN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016 .................................................................................................... 5 GREAT BASIN ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONFERENCE CHAIRS ..................... 6 SILVER LEGACY HOTEL/CASINO MEETING ROOM LAYOUT ..................... 7 SUMMARY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ................................................................... 8 DETAILED PROGRAM ......................................................................................... 11 ABSTRACTS .......................................................................................................... 38 LIST OF RESTAURANTS, BREW PUBS, ETC. ................................................. 171 MAP OF DOWNTOWN RENO .......................................................................... 172 MEETING ROOM LAYOUT ............................................................................... 173 SPONSORS (Back Cover) 1 35th Great Basin Anthropological Conference - 2016 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As anyone who has had the opportunity to Chair a regional or national conference can attest, it takes the talents and efforts of many dedicated archaeologists to pull off a successful meeting. The GBACs were first held in Reno in 1958. Since then, the meetings have been held in Reno six times. The 2016 GBACs continue that legacy; rest assured, this will not be the last time that archaeologists are called to Reno for this incredible conference held every other year. The success of this year's meetings are the direct result of the following individuals; when you pass by them or have the opportunity to talk to them, please express your gratitude for a job well done. I would especially like to thank Lou Ann Speulda-Drews and Geoff Smith (Registration and Program, respectively), who committed the lion's share of the work to ensure a successful GBAC in 2016. I also wish to thank Elena Nilsson (Sponsorship and Vendors), Beth Burgess (Social Media), Anna Camp and Chris Morgan (Volunteers), Mike Drews (Field Trips), and Carolyn White (Program) who gave of their time to make this year's meeting the best it can be. Thanks also to Shannon Hataway (Tangerine Design, Carson Design) who designed our new (and improved) GBAA website! I think it is fantastic, and is set to (hopefully) finally be a permanent home for the GBAA and GBAC. I would also like to thank our wonderful Sponsors, without whom this conference could not be put on at an incredible bargain! Last, but certainly never least, a special thanks to GBAA President and good friend Pat Barker, whom I was able to lean on with questions and advice throughout the planning of this year's GBACs. I hope you all have a wonderful time in Reno; meeting old friends, making new friends, attending as many papers and posters as possible, and enjoying all that Reno has to offer in food, drink, and entertainment. I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible over the next four days! Bryan Hockett, Chair 2016 GBAC 2 35th Great Basin Anthropological Conference - 2016 BOOK ROOM – VENDORS Vendors, booksellers, and organizations will be set up in the Silver Baron A room on the Silver Baron Promenade-Mezzanine Level on Thursday and Friday (October 6th and 7th) from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and on Saturday (October 8th) from 8:00 AM to noon. List of vendors: Beta Analytic California/Nevada Chapter, OCTA Codifi, Inc. DirectAMS Gates Gallery and Trading Post Idaho Archaeological Society Nevada Archaeology Association Nevada Rock Art Foundation Nevada SHPO Phoenix Obsidian Designs QLC Inc.: Archeolink-Americas University of Utah Press USFS Malheur National Forest Utah State University 3 35th Great Basin Anthropological Conference - 2016 SPONSORS MAMMOTH ($500+) BIGHORN/BISON ($250) ANTELOPE ($100) 4 35th Great Basin Anthropological Conference - 2016 GREAT BASIN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016 PRESIDENT Pat Barker Nevada State Museum [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT F. Kirk Halford Deputy Preservation Officer/State Archaeologist Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office 1387 S Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83709 [email protected] TREASURER Kim Carpenter Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. 2727 Del Rio Place, Suite A Davis, CA 95618 [email protected] SECRETARY Suzanne Eskenazi Logan Simpson 8 East Broadway, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 [email protected] MEMBER AT LARGE (4 Year) Amy Gilreath Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. 2727 Del Rio Place, Suite A Davis, CA 95618 [email protected] MEMBER AT LARGE (4 Year) Sandy Rogers Maturango Museum 100 E. Las Flores Ave. Ridgecrest, CA 93555 [email protected] 2016 Conference Chair Bryan Hockett, Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office 5 35th Great Basin Anthropological Conference - 2016 CONFERENCE CHAIRS 1954-2014 1954 Gila Pueblo, Arizona – Jesse D. Jennings 1955 Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California – Ruth D. Simpson 1956 University of Utah, Salt Lake City – Jesse D. Jennings 1958 University of Nevada, Reno – Earl Kersten 1960 University of California, Los Angeles – Clement Meighan(?) 1962 Nevada State Museum, Carson City – Richard Shutler (name changed from Great Basin Archaeological Conference to present name) 1964 University of Nevada, Reno – Warren d’Azevedo 1966 University of Nevada, Reno – Earl Swanson, Jr. (met jointly with SAA) 1968 Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho – B. Robert Butler 1970 University of Oregon, Eugene – C. Melvin Aikens 1972 University of Utah, Salt Lake City – Wick Miller 1974 Carson City, Nevada – Donald Tuohy 1976 Las Vegas, Nevada – L. Claude Warren 1978 Reno, Nevada – Don Fowler 1980 Salt Lake City, Utah – David Madsen and James O’Connell 1982 Reno, Nevada – Robert Bettinger 1984 Boise, Idaho – Max Pavesic 1986 Las Vegas, Nevada – Donald Tuohy, Jean Clark, Amy Dansie, Thomas Karollo, and Kathryne Olson 1988 Park City, Utah – Joel Janetski, James Wilde, Deborah Newman, and Kathy Driggs 1990 Reno, Nevada – Robert Kelly 1992 Boise, Idaho – Max Pavesic and Thomas Green 1994 Elko, Nevada – Kevin Jones 1996 Kings Beach/Lake Tahoe, California – Charlotte Beck 1998 Bend, Oregon – Dennis Jenkins 2000 Ogden, Utah – Steven Simms and Brooke Arkush 2002 Elko, Nevada – Patricia Dean and Tim Murphy 2004 Sparks, Nevada – David Zeanah, Pat Barker, Michael Delacorte, and Mark Basgall (50th Anniversary!) 2006 Las Vegas, Nevada – Heidi Roberts, Barbara Roth, and Suzanne Eskenazi 2008 Portland State University, Oregon – Virginia Butler 2010 Layton, Utah – Lori Hunsaker, Kelly Beck, and Rachel Quist 2012 Stateline, Nevada – Kim Carpenter 2014 Boise, Idaho – Suzann Henrikson, Mary Anne Davis, and F. Kirk Halford 6 35th Great Basin Anthropological Conference - 2016 SILVER LEGACY HOTEL/CASINO MEETING ROOM LAYOUT Silver Baron 1-3 Silver Baron 4-6 Silver Baron A – Book Room/Vendors/Posters Silver