This presentation concerns a late prehistoric small-scale bison kill and minor habitation camp (site 10-OA-210) in the Curlew Valley of extreme southeastern Idaho that was discovered in the spring of 1994 and intensively excavated over the course of four field seasons. It contains at least six distinct bone beds within 1.2 m. of alluvial soils and 11 radiocarbon dates indicate that the cultural deposits were formed primarily between A.D. 1050 and 1750.

Brooke Arkush is a native San Franciscan who attended Lowell High School and obtained an undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Humboldt State University. He then pursued graduate studies in Anthropology at U.C. Riverside, where he received a master's degree in 1987 and was awarded a Ph.D. in 1989. Dr. Arkush has taught at Weber State University since 1990, where he administers the Archaeology Program that is an integral part of a combined undergraduate Anthropology and Sociology Department. Much of his research activity concerns the prehistory and ethnohistory of the Great Basin, especially in regard to studying aboriginal settlement systems and subsistence practices. Another area of interest is the colonial history of California and the adaptive strategies that were implemented by Native peoples in order to survive in a much-changed social and physical environment.

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Ms. Linda Hylkema (554-4513) or Dr. Russell Skowronek (554-4328).

The lecture is free and handicap accessible. Parking is free. All parking restrictions, with the exception of handicap, and "C" permit spaces, are not in effect after 7 p.m. Please be advised that there is a parking structure off of the Palm Drive entrance.

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