The Potential for Intact Paleoindian Deposits in the Middle Tennessee Valley: A Review of the Literature with Recent Data from Redstone Arsenal

IF 1.6 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY

PaleoAmerica Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI:10.1080/20555563.2022.2048485

Ben Hoksbergen

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Abstract

ABSTRACT While renowned for its dense concentration of Paleoindian sites, the Middle Tennessee Valley has largely been disregarded as being too deflated to contain significant intact deposits. Recent geomorphological data from northern Alabama are helping to winnow down the depositional haystack to zero-in on portions of landforms that are most likely to harbor intact strata from the end of the Pleistocene. A new look at old landforms suggests that the karst landscape of the Middle Tennessee Valley may yet hold some surprises, and that intact early cultural deposits can show up in some unexpected places, including heavily cultivated uplands.

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摘要尽管田纳西河谷中部以其古印度遗址的密集而闻名，但人们普遍认为该地区太过萧条，无法容纳大量完整的矿床。阿拉巴马州北部最近的地貌数据有助于将沉积的干草堆筛选到最有可能容纳更新世末完整地层的地貌部分。对古老地貌的重新审视表明，田纳西河谷中部的喀斯特景观可能会带来一些惊喜，而完整的早期文化沉积物可能会出现在一些意想不到的地方，包括耕地密集的高地。

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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.