Specimens

73-61176

Site:
Cooper's Ferry
Specimen number:
73-61176
Lat/Long:
45.9, -116.39
Date min:
15,100 Bp
Date max:
15,310 Bp
Classifications:
Homo, Homo sapiens
Time periods:
Tarantian, Pleistocene
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73-61176 is an early-stage bifacial overshot thinning flake discovered in situ at 411.455 masl with a finely faceted bifacial platform and distal termination that removed a square edge from an opposing tool margin. This debitage was found below the stratigraphic position of the three oldest radiocarbon ages, dating 15,310 to 15,100 cal BP [1].

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Cited References

  1. 1.

    Late Upper Paleolithic occupation at Coopers Ferry, Idaho, USA, 16,000 years ago

    Science 365(6456)

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