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CURRENT RESEARCH IN THE PLEISTOCENE Vol. 4, 1987
Contents
From the Editor vii
Regional Map viii
Archaeology
Pleistocene Peoples of Southwestern MontanaR. Bonnichsen, J. Taylor, andM. Turner 1
Early Occupations at Berger Bluff, Goliad County, TexasK.M. Brown 3
Spring Cleanup at a Folsom Campsite in the Northern RockiesLB. Davis, S.T. Greiser, andT.W. Greiser 5
Paleolithic Subsistence Strategies in North ChinaC.-K. HoandZ.-W. Li 7
Folsom Components at the Winters and Beckner Sites,Southwestern Oklahoma
J.L.HofmanandD.G. Wyckoff 10
Early Paleoindian Occupation in Interior Southcentral OntarioLJ. Jackson and H. McKillop 11
Living Environment of Late Paleolithic Man in Northeast ChinaP. Jiang 14
Ryan's Site: A Plainview Occupation on the Southern High Plains of TexasE. Johnson, V.T. Holliday, R.W. Ralph, R. Knudson, andS. Lupton 17'
Japan's "Early Paleolithic": Recent Pro and ConCT. Keally 19
Redundancy in Early Postglacial Land Use in Robbins Swamp,Southwestern New England
G.P. Nicholas 21
Another Holocene Sequence and Recent Progress of the PiscataquisArchaeological Project in Central Maine
J.B.PetersonandD.E.Putnam 23
The Loessic Paleolith: A New Paleolithic TerminologyV.A. Ranov 25
Paleoindian Research in Michigan: Current Status of the Gaineyand Leavitt Projects
D.B. Simons, M.J. Shott, and H.T. Wright 27
Paleoindian Settlement and Lithic Procurement Patterns in the KarsticRegion of Southcentral Indiana
E.E. Smith 30
The Magnet Site: A Late Paleoindian Site in Southcentral IndianaE.E. Smith 32
Patterning in Paleoindian Behavior: The Michaud SiteA. SpiessandD. Brush 34
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Big Bone Lick: A Clovis Site in Northcentral KentuckyKB. Tankersley................................................................
The Trail Draw Alberta Site in the Black Hills, South DakotaA.M. Tratebas ..................................................
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Durham Cave, A Pre-Clovis Occupation of Pennsylvania?H.I. Tucci 39
Research on the Late Pleistocene in Oklahoma
D.G. Wyckoff, P. Flynn, B.J. Carter, and B.A. Branson... .. ...... ..41
Physical Anthropology
Inbreeding and Wisconsin Glacial BarriersLA. RogersandR.A. Rogers 45
Lithic Studies
Recent Paleoindian Research in GeorgiaD.G. Anderson, R.I. Ledbetter, L O'Steen, D. Elliott, and D. Blanton... .. ... 47
Paleoindian Occupation in Central-Eastern California: the Komodo SiteM.E. Basgall 50
Paleoindian Components at 36LA336, Lancaster, County, PennsylvaniaJ.F. CusterandG.R. Smoker 54
Lithic Flake Attributes: Calico Lithic Specimens and ExperimentalKnapping - A Comparison
L V. Hoffman, R.D. Simpson, R.M. Higginbotham,andLw. Patterson 56
The Occurrence of Folsom Points in Oklahoma
J.L. Hofman .......................................................
Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Archaeological Quartzite fromCummins Site, Thunder Bay: Determination of Geological Source
P.J. Julig, LA. Pavlish, andR.G.V. Hancock ..........................
The 30,000-Year-Old Lithic Components from the Musashidai Site,Tokyo, Japan
CT. KeallyandI. Hayakawa .........................................
Fluted Points from the Pacific NorthwestD.J.Me/tzerandR.CDunnell 64
Preliminary Study of the Distribution of Fluted Points in NebraskaT.P. Myers 67
The Diskau Site: A Paleoindian Occupation in Northeast KansasL.I. Schmits 69
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The Swan's Landing Site: An Early Archaic Lithic Reduction andTool Manufacturing Site in Harrison County, Indiana
E.£. Smith 71
Taphonomy-Bone Modification
Trample Marks: Caution from the CretaceousA.R.Fiorillo 73
Elephant-Butchering at Modern Mass-Kill Sites in AfricaG. Haynes 75
Significance of Bone Orientation Data for the Clovis-Age Bone Bed atthe Lubbock Lake Landmark
E. Johnson, V.T. Holliday, andL Kreutzer 77
Bone Orientation Data for the Clovis-Age Bone Bed at theLubbock Lake Landmark
L Kreutzer ........................ 79
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Methods
The Folsom Discover and the Concept of Breakthrough Sites inPaleo indian Studies
R.A. RogersandLD. Martin 81
Plains Paleoindian Red Ochre Use and Its Possible SignificanceD.e. Roper 82
The Clovis Man Site: A Turning Point in OpinionR.W. Wilson 84
Paleoenvironments: Plants
Contrasting Climatic Histories for Western North America duringthe Early Holocene
O.K. Davis and WD. Sellers .......................... .87
A Pollen Sequence Associated with Paleoindian Presence inNortheastern Minnesota
J.K. HuberandC.L Hill 89
A Vegetational Reconstruction from Big Rice Lake,St. Louis County, Minnesota
J.K. Huber 91
Preliminary Growth Curve for Rhizocarpon geographicum s.l.in the Wind River Range, Western Wyoming
W.e. Mahaney 93
A 1O,500-Year Record of Environmental Change from Cape Cod,Massachusetts
P.e. Tzedakis 96
A Paleoecological Reconstruction from August Lake,Lake County, Minnesota
B. Wonson-LiukkonenandJ.K.Huber 98
Paleoenvironments: Vertebrates
Age Structure Analysis of Mammuthus columbi, Hot Springs MammothSite, South Dakota
LD. Agenbroad and J.I. Mead 101
Wolverines: Oulo Oulo in Late Rancholabrean Deposits in Nebraska:First Records from the Great Plains
R.O. CornerandM.R. Voorhies 103
Lemmus sibiricus from the Late Quaternary of the Midwestern United StatesR.L FoleyandLE. Raue 105
Initial Investigations of Vertebrate Remains from Snake Creek Burial Cave,White Pine County, Nevada
T.H. Heaton 107Ontario Paleoindians and Proboscideans: A Review
L.J. Jackson 109
A New Location of the Late Pleistocene Fauna in the Polish CarpathiansA. NadachowskiandM. Wolsan ............................ .112
Archaeological Investigations at Haystack Cave, Central ColoradoD.T.Nash 114
A Specimen of Bootherium bombifrons (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) fromNorthwest Missouri
J.F. NeasandO. Parker 116
New Paleontological and Archaeological Investigations at Dutchess QuarryCave No.8, Orange County, New York
D.W. SteadmanandR.E. Funk ........................... ... .. ... .118
A Study of Mammoth Tusks from Permafrost of North-eastern SiberiaN.K. VereshchaginandA.N. Tikhonov 120
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Paleoenvironments: Geosciences
Problems of Glacial Sequence and Chronology in the Terminal Zone ofNortheastern Kansas
W. Dort, Jr. 123
Radiocarbon Dates at Willcox Playa, Arizona, Bracket the ClovisOccupation Surface
e.V. Haynes, Jr., A. Long, andA.J.T. Jull I24
Late Pleistocene to Middle Holocene Depositional Environments atMustang Springs, Southern Llano Estacado
C.L HillandD.J. Meltzer 127
Emergence of an Alluvial Geoarchaeological Model for theKansas River Basin
We. Johnson andC.W Martin 130
Geoarchaeological Investigations at Lake Creek Valley, Southeastern TexasR.D. Mandel, L Bement, andS.e. Caron 132
Soil-Sediment Relationships at the Lamont Mastodon Locality, WyomingM. McFaul and WR. Latady, Jr. 134
Stream Terraces and Surface Derived Paleoindian Material on the
Neosho River DrainageR.A. Rogers 136
Investigations of the Pleistocene Geological History in the Vicinity of theSouth Everson Creek and Black Canyon Creek Archaeological Sites,Southwestern Montana
M.D. Turner, J.C. Turner, andR. Bonnichsen 137
Southwestern Montana Prehistoric Quarry Aerial Reconnaissance SurveyE.J. Zeller, G. Dreshoff, M.D. Turner, andJ.e. Turner 139
Special Focus-South America
Further excavations in Limestone Caves in Interior Bahia, BrazilA.L BryanandR. Gruhn 141
Paleoindians in the Patagonian Region: Los Toldos ArchaeologicalLocality, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
A.R. Cardich, LL Miotti, andA.S. Castro 145
Recent Research at Localities Cerro La China and Cerro EI Sombrero,Argentina
N. Flegenheimer 148
Paleoclimates of the Southern Argentine AndesV. Markgraf 150
Cueva del Medio: A Significative Paleoindian Site in SouthernSouth America
H.G. Nami 157
Man and Pleistocene Megamammals in the Argentine Pampa: Site 2at Arroyo Seco
G.G. Politis, E.P. Tonni, F. Fidalgo, M.C. Salemme,and LM. Meo Guzman 159
Alluvial and Palynological Studies in the Venezuelan Guayana Shielde. Schubert, andM.L Salgado-Labouriau 162
Dissertations 167
Author Index 169
Information for Contributors 171
General Index 175
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