Early Paleoindian Personal Adornment: An Example from the Brian D. Jones Site in Avon, Connecticut

IF 1.6 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY

PaleoAmerica Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/20555563.2022.2157930

David E. Leslie, G. L. Miller

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Objects of personal adornment and portable art are recognized from an increasing number of Paleoindian period sites across North America. Here we report a recently recovered perforated hornfels flake from the Brian D. Jones site in Connecticut’s Farmington River valley. Radiocarbon dates from two adjacent features produced identical assays of 10,420 ± 20 14C yr BP, while a nearby red ocher stain produced a slightly more recent date, but all indicate an Early to Middle Paleoindian period association. Microscopic use-wear analysis demonstrates that the hole was intentionally perforated, probably with a stone drill, to produce this pendant. Red ocher and personal ornaments like beads and pendants often co-occur at Paleoindian sites throughout the continent. Comparison with other reported objects of Paleoindian personal ornamentation indicates that stone pendants are exceedingly rare, with the Brian D. Jones pendant as perhaps the only Early–Middle Paleoindian stone pendant reported in North America.

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早期古印度个人装饰：以康涅狄格州埃文的布莱恩·D·琼斯遗址为例

在北美越来越多的古印第安时代遗址中，人们发现了个人装饰品和便携式艺术品。在这里，我们报告了最近从康涅狄格州法明顿河谷的布莱恩·d·琼斯遗址中发现的穿孔角树叶。来自两个相邻特征的放射性碳年代测定结果相同，为10,420±2014c年BP，而附近的红赭石染色结果稍晚，但都表明古印度早期至中期的联系。显微镜下的使用磨损分析表明，这个洞是故意穿孔的，可能是用石钻来制造这个垂饰的。红赭石和个人装饰品，如珠子和吊坠，经常在整个大陆的古印第安遗址中共同出现。与其他报道的古印第安人个人装饰物品进行比较表明，石头坠饰极其罕见，Brian D. Jones坠饰可能是北美唯一报道的早-中期古印第安人石头坠饰。

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PaleoAmerica Earth and Planetary Sciences-Paleontology

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期刊介绍： PaleoAmerica disseminates new research results and ideas about early human dispersal and migrations, with a particular focus on the Americas. It fosters an interdisciplinary dialog between archaeologists, geneticists and other scientists investigating the dispersal of modern humans during the late Pleistocene. The journal has three goals: First and foremost, the journal is a vehicle for the presentation of new research results. Second, it includes editorials on special topics written by leaders in the field. Third, the journal solicits essays covering current debates in the field, the state of research in relevant disciplines, and summaries of new research findings in a particular region, for example Beringia, the Eastern Seaboard or the Southern Cone of South America. Although the journal’s focus is the peopling of the Americas, editorials and research essays also highlight the investigation of early human colonization of empty lands in other areas of the world. As techniques are developing so rapidly, work in other regions can be very relevant to the Americas, so the journal will publish research relating to other regions which has relevance to research on the Americas.