Old Cordilleran (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kenneth Reid.

This is an abstract from the "The Second-Oldest Sites in the Pacific Northwest" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Freshwater mussel shell is common at alluvial sites on the Columbia Plateau, and often used for radiocarbon dating of early and mid-Holocene sedimentary deposits of archaeological or geological interest. Paired radiocarbon ages on freshwater mussel shell and charcoal have shown acceptable agreement at sites on the middle and lower Salmon...