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Paleoindian Archaeology University Press of florida Florida A&M University, Tallahassee Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers Florida International University, Miami Florida State University, Tallahassee New College of Florida, Sarasota University of Central Florida, Orlando University of Florida, Gainesville University of North Florida, Jacksonville University of South Florida, Tampa University of West Florida, Pensacola Paleoindian Archaeology A Hemispheric Perspective d EditEd by Juliet E. Morrow and Cristóbal Gnecco University Press of Florida Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers/Sarasota Copyright 2006 by Juliet E. Morrow and Cristóbal Gnecco All rights reserved First cloth printing, 2006 First paperback printing, 2008 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Paleoindian archaeology: a hemispheric perspective/edited by Juliet E. Morrow and Cristóbal Gnecco. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8130-3014-2 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-8130-3389-1 (paperback) ISBN 978-0-8130-4007-3 (e-book) 1. Paleo-Indians. 2. Paleo-Indians—Implements. 3. Stone implements— America. 4. Excavations (Archaeology)—America. 5. America—Antiquities. I. Morrow, Juliet E. II. Gnecco, Cristóbal The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprising Florida A&M Univer- sity, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida. University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611-2079 http://www.upf.com For Chris and Jill In gratitude for your love and patience Contents List of Figures ix List of Tables xiii Preface and Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Juliet E. Morrow and Cristóbal Gnecco Part I. Continental Issues and Comparisons 1. Paleoindians without Mammoths and Archaeologists without Projectile Points? The Archaeology of the First Inhabitants of the Americas 9 Luis Alberto Borrero 2. Points in Time: Establishing a Precise Hemispheric Chronology for Paleoindian Migrations 21 Stuart J. Fiedel 3. Grassland Archaeology in the Americas: From the U.S. Southern Plains to the Argentinean Pampas 44 Eileen Johnson, Gustavo Politis, María Gutierrez, Gustavo Martínez, and Laura Miotti Part II. Perspectives from the South 4. The Clovis Colonization of Central America 69 Anthony J. Ranere 5. Early Humanized Landscapes in Northern South America 86 Cristóbal Gnecco and Javier Aceituno 6. Fluted and Fishtail Points from Southern Coastal Chile: New Evidence Suggesting Clovis- and Folsom-Related Occupations in Southernmost South America 105 Lawrence J. Jackson Part III. Perspectives from the North 7. New Radiocarbon Dates for the Clovis Component of the Anzick Site, Park County, Montana 123 Juliet E. Morrow and Stuart J. Fiedel 8. The Rancholabrean Termination: Sudden Extinction in the San Pedro Valley, Arizona, 11,000 BC 139 C. Vance Haynes Jr. 9. Paleoindian Archaeology in Florida and Panama: Two Circumgulf Regions Exhibiting Waisted Lanceolate Projectile Points 164 Michael K. Faught References 185 List of Contributors 243 Index 245 Figures 2.1. Comparison of Late Glacial German tree-ring and Cariaco basin varve dates 37 3.1. Major grassland ecosystems of North and South America 45 3.2. North American grassland biome 47 3.3. The short-grass steppe 48 3.4. Río de la Plata grassland and pampas subdivisions 50 3.5. Lubbock Lake Landmark within southern High Plains 52 3.6. Argentinean pampas with locations of early sites 56 3.7. Paso Otero sites in the middle basin of the Río Quequén Grande 58 4.1. Paleoindian localities in Central America 76 4.2. Bifaces from La Mula West, Panama 78 4.3. Biface fragments from La Mula West, Panama 81 4.4. Bifaces from Turrialba, Costa Rica 84 5.1. Northern South American regions mentioned in the text 88 5.2. Late Pleistocene and early Holocene bifaces from South America 90 5.3. Pollen composition from El Jazmín 94 5.4. Principal component analysis of pollen from El Jazmín 95 5.5. Macrobotanical remains from San Isidro 96 6.1. One-sigma variance plot of Fishtail component dates 110 6.2. Fishtail points from Fell’s Cave, Chile 113 6.3. Fishtail and fluted points from Madden Lake, Panama 114 6.4. Clovis-like fluted points from southern coastal Chile 116 7.1. Locations of selected Early Paleoindian sites 124 7.2. Clovis bifaces associated with Anzick site infant 127 7.3. Plot of maximum width versus maximum thickness for Anzick bifaces 127 7.4. Anzick foreshaft 129 8.1. Southeastern Arizona, with upper San Pedro Valley 142 8.2a. Generalized geologic cross section of San Pedro Valley near Lewis Springs 143 8.2b. Generalized geologic cross section of Curry Draw at Murray Springs site 143 8.3a. Badland exposures of the Saint David Formation 144 8.3b. Aerial view of Curry Draw and Murray Springs site 144
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