The Beartail Rockshelter Legacy Project (Legacy 95-0597)

Summary

This report describes excavations over three seasons at Beartail Rockshelter at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, including the natural and cultural history of the region with an emphasis on the late Pleistocene and early Holocene environmental and cultural setting for the area; a review and discussion of the material remains recovered from the excavations; discussion of several special analyses including palynological study, radiocarbon dating, and geomorphological analysis of site sediments; and discussion of the investigation's contributions to our understanding of regional cultural and environmental history.

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The Beartail Rockshelter Legacy Project (Legacy 95-0597). ( tDAR id: 463954) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8463954

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min long: -86.748; min lat: 34.642 ; max long: -86.405; max lat: 34.838 ;

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  1. The Beartail Rockshelter Legacy Project - Report (Legacy 95-0597) (1997)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles Hubbert. Michael Collins. Scott Meeks. Catherine Meyer. Paul Goldberg.

    This report describes excavations over three seasons at Beartail Rockshelter at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, including the natural and cultural history of the region with an emphasis on the late Pleistocene and early Holocene environmental and cultural setting for the area; a review and discussion of the material remains recovered from the excavations; discussion of several special analyses including palynological study, radiocarbon dating, and geomorphological analysis of site sediments; and...