Nevada State Museum
Anthropological Papers Volume 20
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2 Geology at Rye Patch Jonathan O. Davis 9

Chapter 3 Vertebrate Paleontology and Geology of the Rye Patch Paleontological Locality
James R. Firby, John E. Mawby and Jonathan O. Davis 23

Chapter 4 The Old Humboldt Site – 26PE670 Jonathan O. Davis and Mary Rusco, with contributions by Amy J. Dansie and Eugene M. Hattori 41

Chapter 5 Sand Island and the Sandy Bank Site Mary K. Rusco and Jonathan O. Davis, with contributions by Amy J. Dansie, David S. Johnson, Carmen Kuffner and Evelyn Seelinger 74

Chapter 6 The Rye Patch Archaeofaunas: change through time Amy J. Dansie 156

Chapter 7 Archaeological Patterns at Three Rye Patch Sites Mary K. Rusco 183

Chapter 8 Conclusions: geology, paleontology and archaeology at Rye Patch 215

Appendix A Obsidian Studies

Appendix B Debitage Study

Appendix C Flaked Stone Tool Use-Wear Study

Appendix D Additional Faunal Data

Appendix E Archaeological Distribution Tables

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