Inclusive Scattering from Nuclei at $x>$1 and high Q$^2$ with a 6 GeV beam

Inclusive electron scattering from nuclei at large $x$ and $Q^2$ is the result of a reaction mechanism that includes both quasi--elastic scattering from nucleons and deep inelastic scattering from the quark consitituents of the nucleons. Consequently, it provides an opportunity to investigate the transition from a regime where nucleon degrees of freedom dominate to one where the more fundamental QCD interactions are exposed. Data in this regime can be used to study a wide variety of topics, including the extraction of nuclear momentum distributions, the influence of final state interactions and the approach to $y$-scaling, the strength of nucleon-nucleon correlations, and the approach to $x$- scaling, to name a few. We recently peformed an experiment in Jefferson Lab's Hall C using a 6 GeV beam and a range of both light and heavy nuclei which was designed to significantly extend the kinematic region at high momentum transfer and large (negative) $y$, previously explored in SLAC experiment NE3 and Jefferson Lab experiment E89-008. After a brief statement of the physics goals of this experiment, we will present results and discuss possible interpretations.