Alluvial Geology and Archaeological Potential of the Texas Southern High Plains
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2574906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas W Stafford (0000-0003-4094-9889, University of Arizona, corresponding author), Thomas Stafford |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 548-565 |
| Publication date | 1981-07-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/280600 |
| OpenAlex | W2038211598 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 5 |
Alluvial geology studies indicate that valleys crossing the Texas High Plains have significant archaeological and paleontological potentials. Paleo-Indian and Ceramic/Historic sites are unexpectedly common, and are associated with ancient lake and marsh environments, spring deposits, entrenched meander necks, and buried strath terraces. Paleogeologic maps illustrate prehistoric topography and relate known sites to depositional environments. Archaeologically, the most valuable strata in both Yellowhouse and Blackwater Draws date to 11,500 to 8000-6000 radiocarbon years B.P. and 1000-100 radiocarbon years B.P. Sediments dating to ca. 6000-2000 radiocarbon years B.P. have a distinctly lower archaeological content. Yellowhouse, Blackwater and Running Water Draws have similar sedimentary sequences which are divided into two lithostratigraphic units, the Yellowhouse Draw and Lubbock Formations
Alluvium · Archaeology · Blackwater · Geoarchaeology · Geography · Marsh · Meander (mathematics · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Sedimentary depositional environment · Sedimentary rock · Wetland · American Environmental and Regional History · Archaeology and Natural History · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · Geology · Paleontology
Middle Holocene Drought on the Southern High Plains
The micromorphology of Younger Dryas-aged black mats from Nevada, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico
Folsom Drought and Episodic Drying on the Southern High Plains from 10,900–10,200 14 C yr B.P
Black Mats, Spring-Fed Streams, and Late-Glacial-Age Recharge in the Southern Great Basin
Megafaunal Butchering at Lubbock Lake, Texas
Endurance in the Canyon
Radiocarbon, 13C and 15N analysis of fossil bone
Geoarchaeological and Paleohydrological Evidence for a Clovis-Age Drought in North America and Its Bearing on Extinction
Late Holocene Cultural Ecology In the Southern Plains
Late Quaternary Stratigraphy and Geochronology of the Spring Creek Drainage along the Southern High Plains Eastern Escarpment, Northwest Texas
Eileen Johnson's legacy of research
Evolution of landscapes on the double mountain fork of the brazos river, West Texas
Geoarchaeology and the search for the first North Americans
The isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen in individual amino acids isolated from modern and fossil proteins
Geoarchaeology of the Texas Southern High Plains
Prehistoric Water Wells on the Southern High Plains
An Archaeological and Geomorphological Survey in the Central Des Moines River Valley, Iowa
Dating of Holocene Stratigraphy with Soluble and Insoluble Organic Fractions at the Lubbock Lake Archaeological Site, Texas
Hearth Life
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 2021 (39) |
| Highly cited | No |