Archaeological, Paleoenvironmental, and Geoarchaeological Investigations of Hall’s Cave, Texas

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Hall’s Cave, located in central Texas, contains a 4 m thick geological record extending back to 20,000 cal yr B.P. Within these sediments is an archaeological record dating from the historic period to approximately 10,500 cal yr B.P. with living surfaces containing artifacts and animal bones associated with hearths. Over 60 hearth features, including over 40 from recent excavations in 2018, have been identified and 30 have been radiocarbon dated. Below the artifact-bearing layers is a paleontological record extending to 20,000 cal yr B.P. with bison, horse, dire wolf, and saber-toothed cat. In addition to these studies, our team is investigating the paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic record preserved in the cave sediments through the analysis of preserved DNA with the sediments.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25673