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A New Look at Geochronology in the Upper Great Lakes Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

George I. Quimby
George I. Quimby*
Affiliation:
Chicago Natural History Museum, Chicago, Illinois
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Abstract

A revision of Great Lakes geologic history involving the temporal position of Glacial Lake Algonquin and some post-Algonquin lake stages requires corresponding revision of certain archaeological interpretations. Indications are that the Paleo-Indian occupations of the upper Great Lakes area are somewhat earlier than heretofore supposed.

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American Antiquity , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , April 1963 , pp. 558 - 559
Copyright
copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1963

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