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The Age of the Paleoindian Assemblage at Sheriden Cave, Ohio

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Michael R. Waters ,
Thomas W. Stafford Jr. ,
Brian G. Redmond  and
Kenneth B. Tankersley
Michael R. Waters
Affiliation:
Center for the Study of the First Americans, Departments of Anthropology and Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4352 ([email protected])
Thomas W. Stafford Jr.
Affiliation:
Stafford Research Laboratories, 200 Acadia Avenue, Lafayette, CO 80026 ([email protected])
Brian G. Redmond
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767 ([email protected])
Kenneth B. Tankersley
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati, OH 45221 ([email protected])
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Abstract

Direct dating of a Paleoindian bone point from Sheriden Cave, Ohio, yielded a radiocarbon age of 10,915 ± 30 ¹⁴C yr B.P. (UCIAMS-38249). This date was derived on highly purified bone collagen. This bone point was found in association with another bone projectile point and a reworked, fluted Clovis projectile point. The artifacts from Sheriden Cave fall within the age range of other Clovis sites in North America, dating to the late Allerød, before the start of the Younger Dryas.

Résumé

Résumé

La datación directa de la punta de flecha de hueso del yacimiento Paleo-Indio localizado en la Cueva Shariden en Ohio es 10,915 ± 30 ¹⁴C yr A.C. (UCIAMS-38249) la cual fue obtenida por medio del método de radiocarbono. Esta datación se obtuvo gracias a la alta calidad de colágeno en el hueso. La punta de hueso fue encontrada en asociación con otro proyectil del mismo material; conjuntamente se encontró otra punta de proyectil de Clovis. Los artefactos de la cueva Sheriden oscilan entre la edad de otros sitios del periodo de Clovis en Norte América que datan desde el periodo Post-Allerod, antes del comienzo del periodo de el Younger Dryas.

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American Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 107 - 111
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 2009

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