Late Quaternary geology and geomorphology in relation to archaeological site locations, southern Arizona

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.R. Brakenridge ◽  
J. Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Quaternary Geology

Late Quaternary Geology and Geochronology of Diring Yuriakh, An Early Paleolithic Site in Central Siberia

1999 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Waters ◽  
Steven L. Forman ◽  
James M. Pierson
Keyword(s):  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Quaternary Geology ◽  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Lena River ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Early Paleolithic ◽  
Eolian Sediments ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Eolian Deposits

AbstractDiring Yuriakh, an archaeological site on the highest terrace of the Lena River in subarctic eastern Siberia, provides evidence for the oldest and northern-most Early Paleolithic occupation in Asia. Stratigraphic and sedimentological studies at the site show that artifacts occur on a single eolian deflation surface that is underlain by fluvial sediments with inset cryogenic sand wedges and overlain by eolian deposits. Thermoluminescence ages on the fine-grained extracts from the eolian sediments and sand wedges that bound the artifact level indicate that the occupation occurred >260,000 yr B.P. and may possibly date between 270,000 and 370,000 yr B.P. This study documents that the artifacts from Diring Yuriakh are an order of magnitude older than artifacts from any previously reported site from Siberia. The antiquity and subarctic location of Diring Yuriakh indicates that people developed a subsistence strategy capable of surviving rigorous conditions in Siberia by ≥260,000 yr B.P.

Ice Age Earth: Late Quaternary Geology and Climate

1994 ◽  
Vol 160 (2) ◽  
pp. 212
Author(s):  
Neil Roberts ◽  
Alastair G. Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Quaternary Geology ◽  
Ice Age

scholarly journals Dating of Holocene Stratigraphy with Soluble and Insoluble Organic Fractions at the Lubbock Lake Archaeological Site, Texas: An Ideal Case Study

Radiocarbon ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (2A) ◽  
pp. 473-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Haas ◽  
Vance Holliday ◽  
Robert Stuckenrath
Keyword(s):  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Soil Formation ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Buried Soils ◽  
Marsh Sediments ◽  
Organic Fractions ◽  
Holocene Stratigraphy ◽  
Lake Site

The Lubbock Lake site, on the Southern High Plains of Texas, contains one of the most complete and best-dated late Quaternary records in North America. A total of 11714C dates arc available from the site, determined by the Smithsonian and SMU Laboratories. Of these dates, 84 have been derived from residues (humin) and humates (humic acids) of organic-rich marsh sediments and A horizons of buried soils. Most of the ages are consistent with dates determined on charcoal and wood, and with the archaeologic and stratigraphic record. The dates on the marsh sediments are approximate points in time. Dates from the top of buried A-horizons are a maximum for burial and in many cases are close to the actual age of burial. Dates from the base of the A-horizons are a minimum for the beginning of soil formation, in some cases as much as several thousand years younger than the initiation of pedogenesis. A few pairs of dates were obtained from humin and humic acid derived from split samples; there are no consistencies in similarities or differences in these age pairs. It also became apparent that dates determined on samples from scraped trench walls or excavations that were left open for several years are younger than dates from samples taken from exactly the same locations when the sampling surfaces were freshly excavated.

Regional Manifestations of Late Quaternary Climate Change and Archaeological Site Burial Along the South Atlantic Coastal Plain

2018 ◽  
pp. 193-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Moore ◽  
Mark J. Brooks ◽  
I. Randolph Daniel ◽  
Andrew H. Ivester ◽  
James K. Feathers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
Atlantic Coastal Plain ◽  
Luminescence Dating ◽  
The South ◽  
Ams Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Paleoclimate Records ◽  
Atlantic Coastal

Archaeological site investigations on the South Atlantic Coastal Plain have revealed stratified cultural remains in sand deposits of mixed aeolian and fluvial origins, aeolian sand sheets and dunes, alluvial terraces, and Carolina Bay rims. These sites are typically shallow but have yielded discernible archaeostratigraphy within sand dominated deposits by using luminescence dating (OSL), AMS radiocarbon dating, and close interval sediment sampling. Periods of site burial are linked to regional and global paleoclimate records, including Bond events, and provide broader reconstructions for human ecology and periods of site burial.

scholarly journals Lyon Natural Radiocarbon Measurements I

Radiocarbon ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 112-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Evin ◽  
R. Longin ◽  
Ch. Pachiaudi
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Quaternary Geology ◽  
Physics Institute ◽  
Nuclear Physics Institute

The Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory was founded in 1965 by the Department of Geology, University of Lyon, to study the Late Quaternary geology of the Rhone-Alps Region, and to contribute to hydrogeologic and archaeologic studies. It has been installed in the basement of the Nuclear Physics Institute. Preparation began in 1966 and first dates obtained in June 1967.

Late Quaternary geology and geomorphology of the Elk Valley, southeastern British Columbia

1987 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 741-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. George ◽  
W. A. Gorman ◽  
D. F. VanDine
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Quaternary Geology ◽  
Glacial Lake ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Late Wisconsinan ◽  
Two Stages

Glacial stratigraphy and geomorphology of the bottom areas of the Elk Valley support the existence of one major ice advance, presumably during the late Wisconsinan. Its retreat probably occurred in two stages by orderly frontal withdrawal. Glacial Lake Elk, formed within the Elk Valley from meltwaters released by this glacier, was dammed initially by an ice plug from the Rocky Mountain Trench glacier at a point near Morrissey and subsequently less than 3 km upvalley from Elko. The lake drained in at least three stages.

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