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<br /> <br />' the Study Area, largely as a result of previous intensive <br />collection by amateurs. Consequently, research questions that <br />' utilize data from artifact assemblages are limited in scope. <br />Furthermore, the research questions are intended to be <br />operationalized within the context of a non-disturbing management <br />' program. Therefore, methods such as detailed analysis of artifact <br />use-wear patterns are beyond the range of data collection <br />activities anticipated for this management program. <br />Moreover, there are a number of logistical and technical <br />' constraints on the data base from which these questions were <br />derived. Since many of the sites that comprise the present study <br />' area sample were recorded previously by a variety of investigators, <br />site specific information is often variable. For this reason, not <br />all sites are included in each of the data summaries below. <br />' Changes in site sample sizes across research topics reflect <br />deficits in the current data base. Finally, it should be noted <br />' that the region of interest represents only one portion of a <br />broader settlement and subsistence network. A full understanding <br />' of the implications of any research findings within the study area <br />requires careful integration of data from surrounding regions. <br />' 6.1 Prehistoric Problem Domains <br />Anthropologists address the various issues of human behavior <br />' using a scale from specific locale to the entire world. A <br />researcher may use one site or evidence of localized human <br />' occupation during a brief time as a microcosm of larger activity. <br />However, the broader scale or picture, an understanding of cultural <br />' behavior of an entire group, regardless of location, may be derived <br />from one small site. The archaeological remains at Dowe Flats may <br />' contribute knowledge to our understanding at many scales. <br />Until recently, the use of multivariate analyses (procedures <br />that measure the combined effects of an array of variables upon a <br />construct or trait) in an archaeological context was impractical <br />' 63 <br /> <br />