REGIONAL PATTERNS OF FOLSOM MOBILITY AND LAND-USE IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST

This paper develops a regional model of Folsom land use for the Americ an Southwest that suggests variation corresponding to seasonal pattern s of resource availability. Settlement patterns and raw material movem ent provide an indication of the scale and intensity of Folsom land us e. Comparison of these estimates with data from modern hunter-gatherer s suggests that Paleoindian groups were exceptionally mobile and moder n hunter-gatherers may not serve as useful analogs.