Comments on Bettinger and Baumhoff's Explanation of the “Numic Spread” in the Great Basin
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 48 (4) , 825-830
- https://doi.org/10.2307/279784
Abstract
Bettinger and Baumhoff proposed an explanation for the spread of Numic language groups in the prehistoric Great Basin by appeal to models of optimal foraging and the processes of adaptive competition. In an effort to continue their discussion, I offer comments on their selection and use of Great Basin archaeological evidence, and their use of optimal foraging models. Finally, I identify other problems amenable to their general perspective.Keywords
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