Nonassociation of Paleoindians with AMS-Dated Late Pleistocene Mammals from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York
Abstract AMS 14 C ages of 10 bones of the caribou ( Rangifer tarandus ), flat-headed peccary ( Platygonus compressus ), and giant beaver ( Castoroides ohioensis ) from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York, range from 13,840 ± 80 to 11,670 ± 70 yr B.P. No bones from any of these species are demonstrab...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1006/qres.1996.1860 2024-06-09T07:49:12+00:00 Nonassociation of Paleoindians with AMS-Dated Late Pleistocene Mammals from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York Steadman, David W. Stafford, Thomas W. Funk, Robert E. 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.1996.1860 http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589496918608?httpAccept=text/xml http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589496918608?httpAccept=text/plain https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003358940003859X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Quaternary Research volume 47, issue 1, page 105-116 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 1997 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.1996.1860 2024-05-15T13:03:22Z Abstract AMS 14 C ages of 10 bones of the caribou ( Rangifer tarandus ), flat-headed peccary ( Platygonus compressus ), and giant beaver ( Castoroides ohioensis ) from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York, range from 13,840 ± 80 to 11,670 ± 70 yr B.P. No bones from any of these species are demonstrably associated with Paleoindian artifacts (fluted points) or other cultural materials from the sites because the bones lack unequivocal stratigraphic association with artifacts, as well as physical (taphonomic) evidence for human association (e.g., burning, cut marks, distinctive breakage). Together with the Holocene conventional 14 C dates of charcoal and the varied stratigraphic proveniences of the fluted points and the dated bones, the new AMS 14 C dates argue that most strata at the Dutchess Quarry Caves contain a mixture of late Pleistocene and Holocene materials. This mixing probably resulted from post-depositional bioturbation (by humans, rodents, carnivores, and scavengers) and cryoturbation (annual freeze–thaw cycles). Rather than being of cultural origin, the bones of caribou, flat-headed peccary, and giant beaver likely were deposited in the Dutchess Quarry Caves by nonhuman predators or scavengers, such as ursids, canids, felids, condors, or eagles. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer tarandus Cambridge University Press Quaternary Research 47 1 105 116 |
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Abstract AMS 14 C ages of 10 bones of the caribou ( Rangifer tarandus ), flat-headed peccary ( Platygonus compressus ), and giant beaver ( Castoroides ohioensis ) from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York, range from 13,840 ± 80 to 11,670 ± 70 yr B.P. No bones from any of these species are demonstrably associated with Paleoindian artifacts (fluted points) or other cultural materials from the sites because the bones lack unequivocal stratigraphic association with artifacts, as well as physical (taphonomic) evidence for human association (e.g., burning, cut marks, distinctive breakage). Together with the Holocene conventional 14 C dates of charcoal and the varied stratigraphic proveniences of the fluted points and the dated bones, the new AMS 14 C dates argue that most strata at the Dutchess Quarry Caves contain a mixture of late Pleistocene and Holocene materials. This mixing probably resulted from post-depositional bioturbation (by humans, rodents, carnivores, and scavengers) and cryoturbation (annual freeze–thaw cycles). Rather than being of cultural origin, the bones of caribou, flat-headed peccary, and giant beaver likely were deposited in the Dutchess Quarry Caves by nonhuman predators or scavengers, such as ursids, canids, felids, condors, or eagles. |
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Nonassociation of Paleoindians with AMS-Dated Late Pleistocene Mammals from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York |
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Nonassociation of Paleoindians with AMS-Dated Late Pleistocene Mammals from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York |
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Nonassociation of Paleoindians with AMS-Dated Late Pleistocene Mammals from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York |
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Nonassociation of Paleoindians with AMS-Dated Late Pleistocene Mammals from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York |
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Nonassociation of Paleoindians with AMS-Dated Late Pleistocene Mammals from the Dutchess Quarry Caves, New York |
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nonassociation of paleoindians with ams-dated late pleistocene mammals from the dutchess quarry caves, new york |
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