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Pleistocene Faunal Remains Associated with Carbonaceous Material

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Francis A. Riddell
Francis A. Riddell*
Affiliation:
Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, California
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Abstract

Features which have been interpreted as "fire hearths" and "charcoal" have been recorded in association with mammoth and other Pleistocene faunal remains. Some of these remains have been dated by the radiocarbon method as exceeding 10,000 years; a few are considerably in excess of this time. A review of some of these remains suggests the probability of noncultural origin for the carbonaceous material in question. Recent excavations in Merced and Orange counties, California, have revealed Pleistocene faunal remains in direct association with an abundance of carbonaceous material. It can be demonstrated that these remains are noncultural in origin.

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American Antiquity , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , April 1969 , pp. 177 - 180
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1969

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