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DESCRIPTION:Title: The fauna from Weston Canyon Rockshelter\, southeastern 
 Idaho: A zooarchaeological analysis and implications for past human subsis
 tence\n\nProgram: Anthropology MA\n\nCommittee Chair: Allison Wolfe\n\nCom
 mittee: Allison Wolfe\, Rob Mann\, Kristin Snopkowski\n\nAbstract: Weston 
 Canyon Rockshelter is a site in southeastern Idaho that has been inhabited
  by humans from over 8\,000 years BP until the historic period. The site h
 as been excavated previously in 1969\, and is the subject of two reports. 
 The first (Delisio\, 1970) focuses on the lithic and cultural material fro
 m the rockshelter\, and the second (Miller\, 1972) on the faunal remains. 
 Since these reports\, previously unidentified faunal specimens have been c
 atalogued\, necessitating a reanalysis of the zooarchaeological material f
 rom the site. Using prey choice models and Optimal Foraging Theory as a fr
 amework\, this study makes use of artiodactyl indices to assess the huntin
 g patterns of human groups\, and how these changed over time. Weston Canyo
 n shows a slight decline in the index\, although notably this is not linke
 d to an overall decrease in the number of artiodactyls present. A shift in
  site use could be one explanation for the pattern seen at Weston Canyon\,
  with a change towards longer-term settlements driving changes in foraging
  behaviors that may have ultimately led to the depression of artiodactyl s
 tocks. A change in climate\, as has been documented elsewhere in the Great
  Basin and Snake River Plain. More information is needed to explain the pa
 tterns seen in greater detail.
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SUMMARY:Thesis Defense: Alexander Kilby
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