Post Pattern

Post pattern also may refer to a particular American football strategy, the Post (route).

The Post Pattern refers to a Paleo-Indian archaeological culture of artifacts found in northwest California dating between 9,000-13,000 years ago. Excavation sites are around Clear Lake and Borax Lake. The Post Pattern is a local manifestation of the Western Pluvial Lakes Tradition.

It is believed that Post Pattern peoples were a pre-Hokan group. The entrance of peoples speaking (hypothetical) Hokan languages dates from about 6,000-8,000 years ago in what is known as the Lower Archaic Period. The Post Pattern is associated with the Yuki-Wappo family.

The pattern is named after Chester C. Post who in 1938 introduced it to the archaeological world.

See also

• Paleo Indians
• Archaeology of the Americas
• Yuki-Wappo languages
• Yuki tribe
• Wappo
• Archaeological culture

External links

• Review of the Borax Lake Site (CA-LAK-36)
• Archaeological Research Issues for the Point Reyes National Seashore – Golden Gate National Recreation Area (pdf)

Bibliography

• Chartkoff, Joseph L.; & Chartkoff, Kerry Kona. (1984). The archaeology of California. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
• Fagan, Brian. (2003). Before California: An archaeologist looks at our earliest inhabitants. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
• Harrington, M. R. (1948). An ancient site at Borax Lake California. Southwest Museum papers (No. 16). Los Angeles: Southwest Museum.
• Meighan, Clement W.; & Haynes, C. Vance. (1968). New studies on the age of the Borax Lake site. Berkeley, CA: California Indian Library Collections Project.
• Moratto, Michael J.; & Fredrickson, David A. (1984). California archaeology. Orlando: Academic Press.