New insights into Eastern Beringian mortuary behavior: A terminal Pleistocene double infant burial at Upward Sun River

Two interred infants with associated grave goods and a third cremated child represent the earliest known human remains from the North American subarctic, and they provide evidence for novel mortuary behaviors at the end of the last Ice Age. Two bifacial points with decorated foreshafts represent haf...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Main Authors: Potter, Ben A., Irish, Joel D., Reuther, Joshua D., McKinney, Holly J.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2014
Subjects:
Social Sciences
Subarctic
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260572/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25385599
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1413131111
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Summary:Two interred infants with associated grave goods and a third cremated child represent the earliest known human remains from the North American subarctic, and they provide evidence for novel mortuary behaviors at the end of the last Ice Age. Two bifacial points with decorated foreshafts represent hafted projectiles, confirming earlier conclusions about Paleoindian weapon system form and function. Excellent faunal and other contextual data indicate broad-spectrum foraging behaviors.

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