Kersey–Kuner terrace investigations at the Dent and Bernhardt sites, Colorado

Haynes, C. Vance; McFaul, Michael; Brunswig, Robert H.; Hopkins, Kenneth D.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1520-6548(199802)13:2<201::aid-gea5>3.0.co;2-8

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“…We measured 24 points from Blackwater Draw (New Mexico; [43]–[46]), four from Colby (Wyoming; [47]), two from Dent (Colorado; [48], [49]), four from Domebo (Oklahoma; [50]), and four from Jake Bluff (Oklahoma; [51], [52]). We also measured 10 points from Lehner (Arizona; [53]), three from Miami (Texas; [54], [55]), six from Murray Springs (Arizona; [56], [57]), and eight from Naco (Arizona; [58]).…”

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A Morphometric Assessment of the Intended Function of Cached Clovis Points

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A number of functions have been proposed for cached Clovis points. The least complicated hypothesis is that they were intended to arm hunting weapons. It has also been argued that they were produced for use in rituals or in connection with costly signaling displays. Lastly, it has been suggested that some cached Clovis points may have been used as saws. Here we report a study in which we morphometrically compared Clovis points from caches with Clovis points recovered from kill and camp sites to test two predictions of the hypothesis that cached Clovis points were intended to arm hunting weapons: 1) cached points should be the same shape as, but generally larger than, points from kill/camp sites, and 2) cached points and points from kill/camp sites should follow the same allometric trajectory. The results of the analyses are consistent with both predictions and therefore support the hypothesis. A follow-up review of the fit between the results of the analyses and the predictions of the other hypotheses indicates that the analyses support only the hunting equipment hypothesis. We conclude from this that cached Clovis points were likely produced with the intention of using them to arm hunting weapons.

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A Morphometric Assessment of the Intended Function of Cached Clovis Points

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“…Site References a 1926-1928 b Folsom, NM Cook, 1927Figgins, 1927Figgins, 1930Figgins, -1931 Yuma Co., CO Renaud, 1931, 19321932, 1973 Dent, CO Figgins, 1933;Haynes et al, 1998Haynes et al, 1932Haynes et al, -1935 Scottsbluff, NE Barbour & Schultz, 1932Schultz & Eiseley, 19351933-1950c , 1983 types, three issues that often were closely linked (see historical discussions by Hofman, 1989Hofman, , 1996Frison et al, 1996;Mandel, in press). The advent of numerical dating methods, radiocarbon in particular, allowed chronological issues to be addressed independently from paleoenvironmental or typological ones.…”

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The evolution of Paleoindian geochronology and typology on the Great Plains

Holliday

2000

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The Great Plains contain many of the best-known Paleoindian sites in North America, and a number of these localities were key to determining the chronology of Paleoindian occupations in the years before, during, and since the development of radiocarbon and other chronometric dating methods. Initial attempts at dating were based on correlation with extinct fauna, the "geologic-climatic" dating method, and stratigraphic relationships of artifacts within sites. By the time radiocarbon dating was developed (1950), the basic Paleoindian sequence (oldest to youngest) was: Clovis-Folsom-unfluted lanceolates (such as Plainview, Eden, and Scottsbluff).

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“…Much of his research over the decades has included sites where he launched his career: Clovis (e.g., Haynes, 1975Haynes, , 1995Haynes and Agogino, 1966), Lindenmeier (Haynes and Agogino, 1960;, and Hell Gap (Irwin-Williams et al, 1973), and new work at other important sites from the early days of Paleoindian research such as Dent (Haynes, 1974;Haynes et al, 1998), Folsom (Anderson and Haynes, 1979;, and Miami (Holliday et al, 1994). Much of his research over the decades has included sites where he launched his career: Clovis (e.g., Haynes, 1975Haynes, , 1995Haynes and Agogino, 1966), Lindenmeier (Haynes and Agogino, 1960;, and Hell Gap (Irwin-Williams et al, 1973), and new work at other important sites from the early days of Paleoindian research such as Dent (Haynes, 1974;Haynes et al, 1998), Folsom (Anderson and Haynes, 1979;, and Miami (Holliday et al, 1994).…”

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Vance Haynes and Paleoindian geoarchaeology and geochronology of the Great Plains

Holliday

2000

Geoarchaeology

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Geoarchaeological and geochronological research has been an intimate component of Paleoindian investigations on the Great Plains for more than 70 years. Current ideas on the geologic, chronologic, and environmental context of the Paleoindian occupation of the region are based on decades of research by many individuals, but no single investigator has been more directly involved and made more substantive contributions to this geoarchaeological research than Vance Haynes. He was the first and still remains one of the few geoscientists to systematically investigate the stratigraphy and geochronology of Paleoindian sites (and late Pleistocene and early Holocene settings in general) throughout the region. In particular, his work at the Hell Gap site, Wyoming, provided the first comprehensive Paleoindian geochronology for the Northern Great Plains, and his initial investigations at the Clovis site, New Mexico, resulted in the first well‐dated Paleoindian chronology for the Southern Great Plains. More broadly, his study of the southwestern “alluvial chronology” (1968) is a classic study in regional late Quaternary stratigraphy and environmental reconstructions, a landmark in understanding semiarid alluvial systems, and a stratigraphic and geochronologic model specifically oriented toward geoarchaeology. More than 30 years later, the Paleoindian geoarchaeology and geochronology of the Great Plains that Vance worked out, though much refined (largely through his own efforts), still holds and is the basic framework within which we continue to work. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Kersey–Kuner terrace investigations at the Dent and Bernhardt sites, Colorado

Cited by 25 publications

References 16 publications

A Morphometric Assessment of the Intended Function of Cached Clovis Points

A Morphometric Assessment of the Intended Function of Cached Clovis Points

The evolution of Paleoindian geochronology and typology on the Great Plains

Vance Haynes and Paleoindian geoarchaeology and geochronology of the Great Plains

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