The development of increasingly sophisticated plant food processing technology — ground stone tools, food storage technology, knowledge of plant toxins and how to neutralize them — reflects the growing importance of plant foods in a landscape where large game was less abundant than in the Pleistocene.

The development of strategies for managing the variable availability of water — knowledge of springs, seeps, and seasonal water sources across large territories — became increasingly important as permanent water bodies shrank.

The people who made these adaptations were the descendants, in a broad cultural and biological sense, of the people who occupied Paisley Caves during the pre-Clovis period.

The specific technologies changed.

The specific resources exploited changed.