ANT317H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Huaca Prieta, Rock Shelter, Mastodon
11 May 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Waters and stafford 2014 the first americans: a review of the late-pleistocene. Introduction: discovery of clovis (associated with mammoth remains) indicated that people entered north america 13000 years ago. Since then, it has been propsed that people have been here longer. Insinuates that the ancestors of clovis crossed bering land bridge from northeast asia to alaska: no recognizable clovis technology. Developed clovis technology when encountered foreign plants and animals. Nenana people from south-central alaska: developed south of ice sheet, north american invention o. What is the age of clovis? o o. Radiocarbon ages from 11,080 +- 40 c14 yr bp to 10, 705 +- 35 c14 yr bp. Hell gap-style projectile points associated with the remains of over 100 bison. Age estimation based on glacier peak ash and connection to clovis artifacts. Glacier re-dated to 11,600 +- 50 c14 yr bp. At cache site, no trace of glacier peak ash.
