Geoarchaeology of the Water Canyon Paleoindian site, west‐central New Mexico

Water Canyon is a rare buried, multicomponent, stratified Paleoindian site in west‐central New Mexico. This paper presents a geoarchaeological assessment of the site as part of a broader interdisciplinary investigation of its paleoenvironmental history and archaeology. The archaeology is associated...

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Published in:Geoarchaeology 2020-01, Vol.35 (1), p.112-140
Main Authors: Holliday, Vance T., Dello‐Russo, Robert D., Mentzer, Susan M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
alluvial fan
Alluvial fans
bison kill
bison processing
Canyons
Deposition
Eden point
Paleoindian
paleo‐wetland
Pleistocene
Wetlands
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Summary:Water Canyon is a rare buried, multicomponent, stratified Paleoindian site in west‐central New Mexico. This paper presents a geoarchaeological assessment of the site as part of a broader interdisciplinary investigation of its paleoenvironmental history and archaeology. The archaeology is associated with ancient wetland deposits (Stratum 6) within an alluvial fan. The fan formed initially through the late Pleistocene. Formation of the fan stopped and wetland deposition began ~11,310 14C yr BP (~13,170 cal yr BP). Stratum 6 evolved via wetland deposition and cut‐and‐fill cycles. The bulk of Stratum 6 dates
ISSN:0883-6353
1520-6548
DOI:10.1002/gea.21765