Bonebeds and other myths: Paleoindian to Archaic transition on North American Great Plains and Rocky Mountains

Kornfeld, Marcel; Larson, Mary Lou

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.004

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“…In other areas and habitats, post-Clovis adaptive changes are seemingly more pronounced: on the Great Plains, for example, bison become an increasingly more important prey species in postClovis times than they had been earlier. Yet even there, bison are but one prey species among a wide variety of prey types, marking a broader diet breadth in keeping with that of earlier Clovis times Kornfeld and Larson 2008).…”

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The 12.9-ka ET Impact Hypothesis and North American Paleoindians

Holliday¹,

Meltzer

2010

Current Anthropology

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The 12.9-ka ET Impact Hypothesis and North American Paleoindians

Holliday¹,

Meltzer

2010

Current Anthropology

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“…Traditionally, studies of Paleoamerican subsistence have focused on Clovis kill sites in North America, emphasizing the importance of big game hunting to the first inhabitants. In the last decade, however, some studies have focused on the documentation of small game and plant remains recovered from Paleoamerican sites (Walker and Driskell, ; Kornfeld and Larson, ). All studies of North American Paleoamerican human remains are based on isolated skeletons, nearly all of which are incomplete and fragmentary.…”

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Oral health of the Paleoamericans of Lagoa Santa, central Brazil

Da-Gloria

Larsen

2014

American J Phys Anthropol

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The peopling, origins, and early prehistory of the Americas are topics of intense debate. However, few studies have used human remains to document and interpret patterns of health and lifestyle of Paleoamericans. This study provides the first investigation to characterize oral health in a series of early Holocene skeletal remains from Lagoa Santa, Brazil, a locality containing the remains of some of the earliest inhabitants of South America (10,000-7,000 BP). The sample is composed of 949 teeth and 1925 alveoli from an estimated 113 individuals excavated from 17 archaeological sites located in the State of Minas Gerais. We compare dental caries and abscess prevalence at Lagoa Santa to a large sample of human skeletons from the Western Hemisphere Project (WHP) database using both individual and tooth/alveolus count methods. In addition, antemortem tooth loss and tooth wear were analyzed in Lagoa Santa by sex and age. The results show that Lagoa Santa dental caries and abscess prevalence are significantly higher than observed among other hunter-gatherers included in the WHP database, except when abscess prevalence is considered by individual count. Adult females have less tooth wear coupled with higher prevalence of dental caries and antemortem tooth loss than adult males. These results point to an unexpected record of poor oral health at Lagoa Santa, especially among females. A diet based on a highly cariogenic combination of wild tubers and fruits is suggested as an explanation for the elevated rate, characterizing an early adaptation to a tropical environment in South America.

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“…There, Folsom hunters focused on bison, which necessitated high residential mobility and large home ranges (Amick 1996; Andrews et al 2008; Hofman 1999, 2002; Jennings 2012, 2016; Jennings et al 2010; Kelly and Todd 1988). In more topographically varied settings, such as river valleys and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Folsom subsistence was more diverse (Cannon and Meltzer 2008; Kornfeld and Larson 2008). The Folsom culture, set in the Younger Dryas (Meltzer and Holliday 2010), lasted until approximately 12,200 cal BP, only four or five centuries after it first appeared (Surovell, Boyd et al 2016).…”

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An Assessment of Stone Weapon Tip Standardization During the Clovis–folsom Transition in the Western United States

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It has long been assumed that Folsom points are more standardized than Clovis points, although an adequate test of this proposition has yet to be undertaken. Here, we address that deficiency by using data from a sample of Folsom and Clovis points recovered from sites across the western United States. We used geometric morphometric techniques to capture point shape and then conducted statistical analyses of variability associated with Clovis and Folsom point bases and blades. Our results demonstrate that Folsom bases and blades are less variable than those on earlier Clovis points, indicating an increase in point standardization during the Early Paleoindian period. In addition, despite published claims to the contrary, Clovis and Folsom point bases are no more variable than blades. Based on these results, we conducted additional analyses to examine the modularity and size of Clovis and Folsom points. The results suggest Clovis points have more integrated base and blade segments than Folsom points. We suggest that several classes of Clovis points—intended for different functions—might have been in use during the Clovis period and that the later Folsom points might have served only as weapon tips, the shape of which were constrained by the fluting process.

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Bonebeds and other myths: Paleoindian to Archaic transition on North American Great Plains and Rocky Mountains

Cited by 37 publications

References 23 publications

The 12.9-ka ET Impact Hypothesis and North American Paleoindians

The 12.9-ka ET Impact Hypothesis and North American Paleoindians

Oral health of the Paleoamericans of Lagoa Santa, central Brazil

An Assessment of Stone Weapon Tip Standardization During the Clovis–folsom Transition in the Western United States

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