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Post (route)
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The Post Pattern refers to a
Paleo-Indian archaeological culture
An archaeological culture is a recurring assemblage of types of artifacts, buildings and monuments from a specific period and region that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society. The connection between thes ...
of
artifacts found in northwest
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
dating between 9,000-13,000 years ago. Excavation sites are around
Clear Lake and
Borax Lake. The Post Pattern is a local manifestation of the Western Pluvial Lakes Tradition.
It is believed that Post Pattern peoples were a pre-
Hokan
The Hokan language family is a hypothetical grouping of a dozen small language families that were spoken mainly in California, Arizona and Baja California.
Etymology
The name ''Hokan'' is loosely based on the word for "two" in the various Hokan ...
group. The hypothetical entrance of peoples speaking Hokan languages dates from about 6,000-8,000 years ago in what is known as the Lower Archaic Period. The Post Pattern is associated with the
Yuki–Wappo language family.
The pattern is named after Chester C. Post who in 1938 introduced it to the archaeological world.
See also
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Paleo Indians
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Archaeology of the Americas
The archaeology of the Americas is the study of the archaeology of the Western Hemisphere, including North America (Mesoamerica), Central America, South America and the Caribbean. This includes the study of pre-historic/Pre-Columbian and histor ...
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Yuki–Wappo languages
The Yuki–Wappo or Yukian languages are a small language family of western California consisting of two distantly related languages, both now extinct.
The Yukian languages may be, along with Chumashan and perhaps languages of southern Baja su ...
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Yuki people
The Yuki (also known as Yukiah) are an indigenous people of California, whose traditional territory is around Round Valley, Mendocino County. Today they are enrolled members of the Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation. Before ...
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Wappo people
The Wappo (endonym: ''Micewal'') are an indigenous people of northern California. Their traditional homelands are in Napa Valley, the south shore of Clear Lake, Alexander Valley, and Russian River valley. They are distantly related to the Yuki ...
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Archaeological culture
An archaeological culture is a recurring assemblage of types of artifacts, buildings and monuments from a specific period and region that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society. The connection between thes ...
External links
Review of the Borax Lake Site (CA-LAK-36)Archaeological Research Issues for the Point Reyes National Seashore – Golden Gate National Recreation Area(pdf)
Bibliography
* Chartkoff, Joseph L.; & Chartkoff, Kerry Kona. (1984). ''The archaeology of California''. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
* Fagan, Brian. (2003). ''Before California: An archaeologist looks at our earliest inhabitants''. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
* Harrington, M. R. (1948). ''An ancient site at Borax Lake California''. Southwest Museum papers (No. 16). Los Angeles: Southwest Museum.
* Meighan, Clement W.; & Haynes, C. Vance. (1968). ''New studies on the age of the Borax Lake site''. Berkeley, CA: California Indian Library Collections Project.
* Moratto, Michael J.; & Fredrickson, David A. (1984). ''California archaeology''. Orlando: Academic Press.
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