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The Sulphur Spring Stage and its Place in New World Prehistory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Michael R. Waters
Michael R. Waters*
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Abstract

Radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites in Whitewater Draw, Arizona, place the Sulphur Spring stage of the Cochise Culture between 8000 and 10,000 yr B.P., and possibly back to 10,400 yr B.P. Geoarchaeological investigations of Whitewater Draw do not substantiate an earlier claim that Sulphur Spring stage ground stone artifacts are associated with extinct megafauna, nor the hypothesis that Sulphur Spring stage artifacts are specialized plant processing tools of the Clovis Culture.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , March 1986 , pp. 251 - 256
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University of Washington

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