Geology and Age of the Early Man Site at Taber, Alberta
Abstract Human bones, found by the writer's geological field party in 1961, came from a cliff (Woodpecker Island Bluff) on the east side of Oldman River about 3 mi. north of Taber, Alberta. This paper discusses stratigraphy of the bluff and age of the bones, which have been described by Langsto...
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crcambridgeupr:10.2307/277740 2023-05-15T16:40:48+02:00 Geology and Age of the Early Man Site at Taber, Alberta Stalker, A. MacS. 1969 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/277740 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0002731600083931 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms American Antiquity volume 34, issue 4, page 425-428 ISSN 0002-7316 2325-5064 Museology Archeology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) History journal-article 1969 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.2307/277740 2022-04-07T08:51:31Z Abstract Human bones, found by the writer's geological field party in 1961, came from a cliff (Woodpecker Island Bluff) on the east side of Oldman River about 3 mi. north of Taber, Alberta. This paper discusses stratigraphy of the bluff and age of the bones, which have been described by Langston and Oschinsky (1963). The bones cannot be dated directly; however, they were found about 60 ft. below prairie level, in a sand unit lying beneath a till sheet. As the till was deposited by a Classical Wisconsin ice sheet that spread over the area more than 22,000 years ago, the bones are at least that old. Correlation with other bluffs along Oldman River indicates they are more than 32,000 years, and probably more than 37,000 years, old. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) The Bluff ENVELOPE(-61.567,-61.567,-64.367,-64.367) American Antiquity 34 4 425 428 |
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Abstract Human bones, found by the writer's geological field party in 1961, came from a cliff (Woodpecker Island Bluff) on the east side of Oldman River about 3 mi. north of Taber, Alberta. This paper discusses stratigraphy of the bluff and age of the bones, which have been described by Langston and Oschinsky (1963). The bones cannot be dated directly; however, they were found about 60 ft. below prairie level, in a sand unit lying beneath a till sheet. As the till was deposited by a Classical Wisconsin ice sheet that spread over the area more than 22,000 years ago, the bones are at least that old. Correlation with other bluffs along Oldman River indicates they are more than 32,000 years, and probably more than 37,000 years, old. |
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Geology and Age of the Early Man Site at Taber, Alberta |
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Geology and Age of the Early Man Site at Taber, Alberta |
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