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Late Period Settlement of the Middle Klamath River of Northwest California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Joseph L. Chartkoff  and
Kerry K. Chartkoff
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Abstract

A settlement pattern study is made of 160 prehistoric habitation sites along the Klamath river in northwest California to determine what environmental factors regulate site placement and population density. Topographic variables, especially gradient, were found to serve as negative criteria in limiting the possibilities of site location. Differential access to anadromous fish was found to function positively in favoring site placement and high population density. This finding supports Baumhoffs hypothesis that Karok population levels could be accounted for by available fish resources alone (Baumhoff 1963).

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American Antiquity , Volume 40 , Issue 2Part1 , April 1975 , pp. 172 - 179
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1975

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