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Archaeological Explorations in Southwestern Idaho

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Earl H. Swanson Jr.
Earl H. Swanson Jr.*
Affiliation:
Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
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Abstract

Field work in southwestern Idaho in 1959 has led to definition of a boundary zone between the Great Basin and Plateau culture areas. Around A.D. 1300, this boundary lay along the Snake River in southwestern Idaho, but in the 19th century it lay nearly 100 miles to the north of the Snake River. It is suggested that the contemporary environment of southwestern Idaho was established about 1000 B.C.

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Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , July 1965 , pp. 24 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1965

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