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• resources, archaeolcgicaLy evident in a larger number of tools involved in vegetable food <br />preparation. <br />The Archaic ~ <br />1'he beginning of the Archaic period is marked by the Altithermal Maximum (7500- <br />6500 B.P.), a period of warmer and drier conditions (Benedict 1975). The nearest <br />recorded sites for this portion of the early Archaic (7500-500 B.P.} are in northern <br />l1'yoming (Frison 1978). Early Archaic sites which postdate the Altithermal exist in the <br />Colorado foothills and mountains, but none have been found in the Plains (Benedict and <br />Olson 1979). A general repopulation of the Central Plains apparently took place durin; <br />the middle Archaic (5000-3000 B.P.); this repopulation is marked by the appearance of <br />the ~Ic?lean Technocomplex. Late Archaic (post 3000 B.P.) materials are also kno~.vn <br />from mountains, foothills, and plains settings. <br />Compared with the previous Paleo-Indian period; the Archaic exhibits an <br />apparently heavie r dependence on vegetable resour ces, archaeologically evident by a <br />larger number of tools involved in the preparation of vegetable foods. The Archaic <br />• period persisted in the Central Plains and in the Colorado foothills until about as lete as <br />400-500 A.D. (YVindmiller and Eddy 1970. <br />Plains [Voodland <br />After the Archaic stage, the Plains Woodland tradition appears in the Central <br />Plains, penetrating into the mountain passes and parks. This Voodland tradition is <br />marked by the appearance of maize cultivation, pottery, and a more sedentary lifeway. <br />Although Eastern Woodland peoples were sedentary, the Plains Yoodland peoples <br />remained heavily dependent on hunting and Gathering and practiced only limited <br />horticulture. Although YVOOdland sites are small in the west, they are heavily distributed <br />along rivers and streams (~,Vindmiller and Eddy 1970. <br />Fremont <br />I <br />The Fremont tradition exhibits a subsistence apparently based on corn agriculture <br />supplemented by Bunting and gathering activities (6larwitt 1970). Uinta Fremont (ttie <br />Fremont variant most likely to be present in tl~e study area) is centered in northeast <br />Utah (Berry and Berry 197x), but sites are typically small settlements of one to five <br />5 <br />