Current Paleoindian Research in Sonora
Author(s): Guadalupe Sanchez Miranda; Ismael Sanchez-Morales; John Carpente
Year: 2019
Summary
This is an abstract from the "The Paleoindian Southwest" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Archaeological investigations over the past 15 years have revealed that approximately 13,000 years ago the northern half of the state of Sonora was an important and significant Clovis territory. Currently, 140 Clovis projectile point have been documented within Sonora; 50 as isolated finds and 90 having been recovered from six sites. A variety of site contexts have been recorded to date, including encampments, lithic quarries, and the only known gomphothere kill location. In this paper, we describe and characterize the Sonoran Clovis site patterns, along with the organization of lithic technology, the cultural landscape, the similarities and differences between Sonora and Arizona Clovis record, and an update of the 2018 discoveries at Fin del Mundo Site.
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Current Paleoindian Research in Sonora. Guadalupe Sanchez Miranda, Ismael Sanchez-Morales, John Carpente. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 451365)
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Keywords
General
Cultural Landscape
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Geoarchaeology
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Material Culture and Technology
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Paleoindian and Paleoamerican
Geographic Keywords
North America: Southwest United States
Spatial Coverage
min long: -124.365; min lat: 25.958 ; max long: -93.428; max lat: 41.902 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 24259