Geological Age of the Claypool Site, Northeastern Colorado
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2561802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harold E Malde (United States Geological Survey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1960 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 236-243 |
| Publication date | 1960-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/276202 |
| OpenAlex | W2314522242 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Artifacts related to the Cody complex occur in medium-grained sand that is spread as a blanket eolian deposit a few feet thick in the Claypool site area, Washington County, Colorado. The artifact-bearing sand lacks noticeable dunal topography and lies unconformably on marl of Yarmouth age and on waterlaid coarse sand and fine gravel of Kansan age that underlie the marl. The deposits underlying the artifact-bearing sand are much too old to date the artifacts precisely, but the physical characteristics of the artifact-bearing sand suggest that it was deposited under conditions cool and dry, rather than warm and dry, possibly during retreat of Valders ice that began about 10,000 years ago. A moderately mature Brown Soil about 5 feet thick developed on the sand, possibly about 7000 to 5000 years ago during a moist phase of the Thermal Maximum. Thus, the artifacts are possibly 10,000 to 7000 years old. Deposits which overlie the artifact-bearing sand reflect several episodes of erosion and sedimentation that are inferred to represent climatic changes
Aeolian processes · Archaeology · Artifact (error) · Erosion · Geochemistry · Geography · Geomorphology · Horizon · Marl · Structural basin · Aeolian processes and effects · Geological formations and processes · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Paleontology
Folsom Drought and Episodic Drying on the Southern High Plains from 10,900–10,200 14 C yr B.P
Appendix I
Evaluating Natural Site Formation Processes in Eolian Dune Sands
Age and Paleoclimatic Significance of Holocene Sand Dunes in Northeastern Colorado
The History and Science of Gastropods in Archaeology
Early Occupation of the Colorado Front Range
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1965 - 2002 (38) |
| Highly cited | No |