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Large-Game Hunting in the American West: A Comment on Fisher’s (2015) Reassessment of the Ascendance of Hunting Debate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

William R. Hildebrandt  and
Kelly R. McGuire
William R. Hildebrandt*
Affiliation:
Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. 2727 Del Rio Place, Suite A, Davis, CA 95618
Kelly R. McGuire*
Affiliation:
Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. 2727 Del Rio Place, Suite A, Davis, CA 95618
*
([email protected]; [email protected])
([email protected]; [email protected])
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Abstract

Fisher’s (2015) reanalysis of data presented by Hildebrandt and McGuire (2002) fails to include the original finding that the Middle Archaic was the trans-Holocene high-point of large-game hunting in southeastern California, nor does his reliance on climatic change contribute anything new to the ascendance of hunting debate.

El reanálisis de Fisher (2015) de los datos presentados por Hildebrandt y McGuire (2002) no compromete la constatación inicial de que el Arcaico Medio fue el punto álgido de la caza de fauna mayor en el sureste de California trans-Holoceno, y la dependencia del autor en cambio climático no contribuye nada nuevo al debate sobre la ascendencia de la caza.

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American Antiquity , Volume 81 , Issue 4 , October 2016 , pp. 764 - 765
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 2016 

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