Murray Springs
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Murray Springs

A Clovis Site with Multiple Activity Areas in the San Pedro Valley, Arizona

  1. 327 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Murray Springs

A Clovis Site with Multiple Activity Areas in the San Pedro Valley, Arizona

About this book

The Murray Springs Site in the upper San Pedro River Valley of southeast Arizona is one of the most significant Clovis sites ever found. It contained a multiple bison kill, a mammoth kill, and possibly a horse kill in a deeply stratified sedimentary context. Scattered across the buried occupation surface with the bones of late Pleistocene animals were several thousand stone tools and waste flakes from their manufacture and repair. Because of the unique occurrence of an algal black mat that buried the Clovis-age surface immediately after abandonment, the distributional integrity of the artifacts and debitage clusters is exceptional for Paleoindian sites. Excavation of the Clovis hunters' camp 50 to 150 meters south of the kills revealed artifactual evidence typical of hunting camp activity, including hide working and weapons repair. Impact flakes conjoining with Clovis points clearly tied the camp to the bison kill. The unique nature of the site and this comprehensive study of the excavated material constitute one of the most important contributions to our knowledge of Paleoindian hunters in the New World.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1. Clovis Investigations In The San Pedro Valley - C. Vance Haynes, Jr.
  5. 2. Quaternary Geology Of The Murray Springs Clovis Site - C. Vance Haynes, Jr.
  6. 3. Modern Vegetation Of The Murray Springs Area And The Upper San Pedro Valley - Susan L. Woodward
  7. 4. Molluscan Faunas Of The San Pedro Valley, Arizona - Jim I. Mead
  8. 5. Buried Animal Kills And Processing Localities, Areas 1-5 - E. Thomas Hemmings
  9. 6. Bison Ages From Dentitions At The Murray Springs Clovis Site, Arizona - Michael C. Wilson, Lawrence C. Todd, and George C. Frison
  10. 7. The Hunting Camp At Murray Springs - Larry D. Agenhroad and Bruce B. Huckell
  11. 8. Clovis Lithic Technology: A View From The Upper San Pedro Valley - Bruce B. Huckell
  12. 9. Clovis Paleoecology As Viewed From Murray Springs, Arizona - Bruce B. Huckell and C. Vance Haynes, Jr.
  13. Afterword : Does The Past Have A Future At Murray Springs? - C. Vance Haynes, Jr.
  14. Appendix A. Radiocarbon Dating At Murray Springs And Curry Draw - C. Vance Haynes, Jr.
  15. Appendix B. Nature And Origin Of The Black Mat, Stratum F2 - C. Vance Haynes, Jr., With Contributors
  16. Appendix C. Sources Of Obsidian At The Murray Springs Clovis Site: A Semi-Quantitative X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis - M. Steven Shackley
  17. Appendix D. Vertebrate Specimens From Murray Springs Areas 1-5 - E. Thomas Hemmings
  18. Appendix E. Geological And Archaeological Investigations At Murray Springs, Area 9 And Trench 13n - Bruce B. Huckel! and C. Vance Haynes, Jr.
  19. Appendix F. Identification Numbers Of Illustrated Artifacts From The Murray Springs Site- C. Vance Haynes, Jr.
  20. Appendix G. Murray Springs Project Field Personnel, Volunteers, And Site Visitors - C. Vance Haynes, Jr.
  21. References
  22. Index
  23. Abstract, Resumen