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Geoarchaeological Excavations at the Guest Mammoth Site (8MR130), Florida, USA

Smith, Morgan F.

Quaternary science reviews, 2022-03, Vol.279, p.107385, Article 107385 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Elsevier Ltd

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  • Título:
    Geoarchaeological Excavations at the Guest Mammoth Site (8MR130), Florida, USA
  • Autor: Smith, Morgan F.
  • Assuntos: Megafauna exploitation ; Paleoindian archaeology ; Submerged landscapes ; Underwater archaeology
  • É parte de: Quaternary science reviews, 2022-03, Vol.279, p.107385, Article 107385
  • Descrição: In 1983, a five-page article was published in The Florida Anthropologist which reported on a submerged mammoth kill site in the Silver River near Ocala, Florida. This claim was supported by evidence consisting of a projectile point, six direct percussion flakes, and “numerous” pressure flakes found in situ with the remains of three Columbian Mammoths. In addition, three of the mammoth bones exhibited what were interpreted as cut-marks. The Guest Mammoth site was the first professional archaeological investigation on an underwater precontact site in the Americas. At the time of discovery, no locality east of the Mississippi River had yielded convincing evidence of human and megafauna interaction. For these reasons and others, the Guest Mammoth site fell into archaeological limbo. The author directed geoarchaeological investigations at the Guest Mammoth site from 2014 to 2019 to assess the standing hypothesis that the site is an intact Late Pleistocene archaeological locality. This paper evaluates the results of the original site excavations and contributes new geoarchaeological data to determine the Guest Mammoth's place in the North American archaeological record. The data presented here do not support the conclusion that the Guest Mammoth site is an unequivocal Late Pleistocene archaeological locality because the mammoth bone and artifact bearing component is not stratigraphically secure and has limited chronological control. However, the presence of datable Late Pleistocene strata and faunal material along with non-diagnostic artifacts indicate that the Silver River is worthy of further geoarchaeological inquiry for Late Pleistocene archaeological sites. •8MR130 was the first underwater precontact archaeological site excavated in the Americas.•1973 excavations report artifacts in a stratified sediment sequence with absolute ages.•These early excavations left lingering questions on stratigraphy and chronology.•Renewed research affirmed the presence of lithics with Pleistocene fauna.•However, even with a refined chronology, the stratigraphy is still problematic.
  • Editor: Elsevier Ltd
  • Idioma: Inglês
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