Geoarchaeological Significance of a Younger Dryas Aged Black Mat, Tularosa Basin, Southern New Mexico. (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rachal, David Michael; Taylor-Montoya, John; Goodwin, R. C.; Berryman, Stanley; Bowman, James
• Is Part Of: PaleoAmerica. Volume 2:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 67
• Page End: 69
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: Younger Dryas -- black mat -- Paleo-American age geomorphic surfaces -- southern New Mexico; Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric -- America -- Periodicals; Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric -- Periodicals; Prehistoric peoples -- Population -- Periodicals; Prehistoric peoples -- America -- Periodicals; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- America -- Periodicals; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Periodicals; 970.011
• DOI: 10.1080/20555563.2016.1138586
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2055-5563

Abstract

Abstract : Recent findings in the Tularosa Basin have revealed stratified deposits that contain a black mat that formed during the Younger Dryas (10, 900–9, 800 14 C yr BP). This black mat is in a sequence of buried geomorphic surfaces dating from 12, 300 to 9, 500 14 C yr BP, which together have a high probability of containing buried, intact Paleo-American remains. Continued research will yield important information about the peopling of the Americas and climate change during the late Pleistocene–Holocene transition.