Geoarchaeological investigations at the Topper and Big Pine Tree sites, Allendale County, South Carolina

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• 作者：Michael R. Waters ; Steven L. Forman ; Thomas W. Stafford Jr. ; John Foss
• 关键词：Topper site ; Big Pine Tree site ; South Carolina ; Late Quaternary geology ; Southeastern U.S. ; Geoarchaeology ; Paleoamerican archaeology
• 刊名：Journal of Archaeological Science
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：July 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：36
• 期：7
• 页码：1300-1311
• 全文大小：1122 K

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The Topper and Big Pine Tree sites are located along the central Savannah River in South Carolina. Both sites contain significant Clovis horizons and the Topper site is reported to contain a pre-Clovis assemblage characterized by a smashed core and microlithic industry. The stratigraphic position of the early assemblage at Topper is indeed below Clovis and radiocarbon and luminescence ages support its pre-Clovis age. However, the human origin of the proposed artifacts has not been conclusively proven. The late Quaternary stratigraphic sequence developed for this segment of the Savannah River provides support for a regional pattern of river metamorphosis over the last 50,000 years in southeastern U.S. streams.