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been a relatively minor past of the diet, zt Iezst cocp~ed ~-itfi the <br />(~ fates Wester Arcazic. 'Ihe Llano trzditioa is.the ear'~est of the <br />three Paleoind.ian traditions and is caaracterized by tae flu*_ed Clovis <br />point and an assoeiztioa crith the hunting of m=---~ta ;= tae western sates. <br />The traditioa' is ve?1-docc.:..eated zC m~^-~tfi { i sites in Nes: ~e~ca <br />arcd Ar+'ora, vbicit have produced reliable C-I4 dates is the 9,000-10,000 B. C. <br />' rmge. The. IIaioa Pacific Zfz;oth Ri11 Site in southe*_tt. Wpcming (Irvin, <br />et.al 1962) falls c:itaia this tine range but there are"ao artifacts <br />dia~;..nshic of the Llano t;zditioa associated with the ' ~ 7 . The <br />Folsoa trzditioa., rrta~acterized by tae s...z?ler,..care finely made Folsom <br />point and a corsistz_zt association caith the rz^~~^~ of eY3nct bison, <br />follacs tae Llaaa Czc~itiaa with associated dates ranging from about 9,000 <br />t~~, to 8,000 B.C_ Altaouga e'aaracte~istieaLlp a high plains culture sicz the <br />.`~ Llaaa, Folsoa poi.ts have be~.~ found ~ several areas of cistern Colorado <br />(C. Je~.iags 1975:29). The Plana tradition is de`ined mare geaeszi?y than <br />the preceding traditioas,and'is eharacteri±ed by a variety of ua£luced, <br />Iaaceolate projectile paint types. ~Ithough dates zssaciated cri.ta the <br />tradition vary frog area to area, the presence of Plana groups in. Che <br />mouata{a aSeaS aE Colo=ado probably ended by about 5,000 B.C. (Fr~son, <br />et.al. 1974:123). <br />Ho evidence of Paleoiadiaa occupation has been found is the vicinity <br />,. <br />of the suivep atea.to date_ ~Paleoindiaa sites hate been found is enviror~aents <br />sia'_1ar to those of tae survey area, hoveder, and the;_ presence there . <br />would not be uae_~spected. <br />~~ Climatic changes at the end of the Pleistocene reduced the nu=bets and <br />ranges of the Pleistocene megafauaa Chroughout the western Uaiced States. <br />' These envi.-on=eatal changes forced cultures to'shif C their subsistence <br /> <br />