Is there a Pleistocene archaeological site at Cuddie Springs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6038327 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Gillespie (0000-0003-0555-2595, Department of Archaeology & Natural History RSPAS, Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200), B W Brooks (0000-0002-2491-1517, School for Environmental Research Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University Darwin NT 0909) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-11 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2006.tb00600.x |
| OpenAlex | W2107668606 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 52 |
The juxtaposition of stone tools, charcoal and bones at Cuddie Springs has been used to support claims that people were butchering now‐extinct animals, and grinding seeds about 30,000 BP. Statistical analysis of dates for the site shows significant sediment disturbance, and the anomalous presence of hair residues in the absence of bone collagen suggests that bones and stone tools are not the same age. We argue that the published studies on the Cuddie Springs claypan deposits do not show a stratified and undisturbed Late Pleistocene archaeological site, as proposed by the excavators, instead revealing a palimpsest of Late Holocene and European occupational debris superimposed on a much longer‐term record of Quaternary landscape evolution. There is no reliable evidence that extinct Australian megafauna coexisted with people using seed‐grinding technology at Cuddie Springs, nullifying the excavators' support for climate change models of extinction and dietary choice
Ancient DNA · Archaeology · Debris · Disturbance (geology · Geography · Hearth · Holocene · Megafauna · Pleistocene · Quaternary · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 0,79 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2019 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |