- Post Pattern
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Post (route) ."The Post Pattern refers to a
Paleo-Indian archaeological culture of artifacts found in northwestCalifornia dating between 9,000-13,000 years ago. Excavation sites are aroundClear Lake andBorax Lake . The Post Pattern is a local manifestation of theWestern Pluvial Lakes Tradition .It is believed that Post Pattern peoples were a pre-
Hokan group. The entrance of peoples speaking (hypothetical) Hokan languages dates from about 6,000-8,000 years ago in what is known as theLower Archaic Period . The Post Pattern is associated with theYuki-Wappo family.The pattern is named after Chester C. Post who in 1938 introduced it to the archaeological world.
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Paleo Indians
*Archaeology of the Americas
*Yuki-Wappo languages
*Yuki tribe
*Wappo
*Archaeological culture External links
* [http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports01/rep0009.html Review of the Borax Lake Site (CA-LAK-36)]
* [http://www.sonoma.edu/asc/projects/pointreyes/overview2.pdf 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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