What Did Thomas and Kelly Learn from the Carson-Stillwater Survey

question 11

Multiple Choice

What did Thomas and Kelly learn from the Carson-Stillwater survey?

• A) The hypothesis that wetlands had been the focus of a sedentary settlement system could not be rejected.
• B) The hypothesis that the wetland was only one stop on a seasonal round that included the pinon forests could not be rejected.
• C) Neither hypothesis was able to provide an adequate reconstruction of prehistoric Carson Desert and Stillwater Mountain settlement systems; both were therefore rejected.
• D) Neither hypothesis could be rejected, thus showing that their sampling design was inherently flawed.

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