Spatial Analysis of Surface Locality 5 at Fin del Mundo, Sonora, Mexico

Summary

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

The Paleoindian presence south of the modern geo-political US-Mexico border is relatively poorly understood when compared to that of the rest of North America. A notable exception to this gap in knowledge surrounds the work at Fin del Mundo in Sonora, Mexico. This northern Mexican site is the subject of extensive survey and excavation, revealing the only known human (Clovis)–gomphothere (Cuvieronius sp.) association in North America and an extensive occupation record. This study emphasizes the expansive surface locality (Locality 5) at Fin del Mundo. I present the results of a spatial analysis of Locality 5 with an emphasis on the patterning of diagnostic Early Paleoindian and Archaic archaeological materials. My analysis in conjunction with ongoing analyses at Fin del Mundo and elsewhere in Northern Mexico will contribute to the local understanding of both Paleoindian and Archaic periods in the region as well as contribute on the greater scale to the knowledge of this important transitional period in human history.

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

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 25472