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A Newly Identified Younger Dryas Component in Eagle Cave, Texas

Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Recent excavations by the Ancient Southwest Texas Project of Texas State University sampled a previously undocumented Younger Dryas component from Eagle Cave in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas. This stratified assemblage consists of bison (Bison antiquus) bones in association with lithic artifacts and a hearth. Bayesian modeling yields an age of 12,660–12,480 cal BP, and analyses indicate behaviors associated with the processing of a juvenile bison and the manufacture and maintenance of lithic tools. This article presents spatial, faunal, macrobotanical, chronometric, geoarchaeological, and lithic analyses relating to the Younger Dryas component within Eagle Cave. The identification of the Younger Dryas occupation in Eagle Cave should encourage archaeologists to revisit previously excavated rockshelter sites in the Lower Pecos and beyond to evaluate deposits for unrecognized, older occupations.
DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2021.126
Authors: Charles W. Koenig, J. David Kilby, Christopher J. Jurgens, Lorena Becerra-Valdivia, Christopher W. Ringstaff, J. Kevin Hanselka, Leslie L. Bush, Charles D. Frederick, Stephen L. Black, Amanda M. Castañeda, Ken L. Lawrence, Madeline E. Mackie, Jim I. Mead
Institutions: University of Wyoming, Texas State University, University of Oxford, Texas Department of Transportation, Mechatronic Systemtechnik (Austria), Mondeca (France), The University of Texas at Austin, Weber State University, The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,255
OpenAlex ID: W4200544300
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Cites: 25
Cited by: 3
Related to: 10