The Athabascans had seasonal camps in the area and moved as the wild game migrated.
The early occupation of the site was apparently a small seasonal camp.
For thousands of years, the site that is now the Rogue River Ranch was a seasonal camp.
Evidence indicates that the shelter was used only periodically at first, perhaps as a hunting or seasonal camp.
At this time, the population was small and autonomous, traded little with outsiders, and maintained only seasonal camps.
Many Antarctic research stations support satellite field camps which are, in general, seasonal camps.
These places were used as seasonal camps, lithic workshops or sea shell.
The Chumash lived primarily in small seasonal camps with a few main villages that were occupied year round.
Over this period of time, the site changed from a seasonal camp, home to a more mobile society, to a settled village.
In the winter, families stayed in the villages, but at other times they used an extensive system of trails to visit seasonal camps.