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Site Seasonality Data and Information In A, you will find some general data abou

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Question

Site Seasonality Data and Information In A, you will find some general data about floral and faunal resources. In B, you will find information about the kinds of plants and animals found at the Montana Site. Given the information, determine what seasons (e.g, spring, summer, fall, winter) do you think humans were living at the Montana site. To proceed I would print this page with the information, open the question and then answer it. The question is not timed; hence, you can open, close, and re-open it. Deer Deer shed their antlers by late March; Antlers are covered with velvet from mid-July until October Mature antlers last from late October to mid-March Mountain Sheep Mountain sheep birth season lasts from early March to early April Bison Swans Duck Hickory nuts Nuts ripen in late September and early October Bison migrates through the region in the spring and then again in the fal Migrate into the area in June and tend to leave about September. Migratory species of duck are usually available in March and November A wild grass produces edible seeds in late August and September A shrub that produces edible berries in September Blackberry B. Excavations at the Montana: Taxa Blackberry seeds Mountain sheep fetal remains Deer crania with mature antlers Grass seeds Bison remains Swans Hickory nuts Raw counts 259 89 129 623 16 632

Explanation / Answer

The blackfeet nation consist od 3 main branches :  the Piegan, the Blood, and the Siksika. In the summer, natives lived a nomadic, hunting lifestyle, and in the winter, the Blackfeet people lived in various winter camps dispersed perhaps a day's march apart along a wooded river valley. They did not move camp in winter unless food for the people and horses or firewood became depleted

year around ( All seasons)

but the traders who travel will camp during the winter and spring period in Montana