First Floridians and Last Mastodons: The Page-Ladson Site in the Aucilla River

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Webb, S. David (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Geobiology.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.

Over the last 20 years the Aucilla River Prehistory Project has been one of the most f- cinating stories unfolding in Florida. This project, uncovering the remains of plants and animals from the end of the last Ice Age and the beginning of Florida’s human oc- pation, is answering questions important...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Geology
• Underwater Excavation Methods
• Geography and Geomorphology of the Aucilla River Region
• Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
• Carbon Dates
• Pleistocene–Early Holocene Climate Change: Chronostratigraphy and Geoclimate of the Southeast US
• Paleobotany
• Setting the Stage: Fossil Pollen, Stomata, and Charcoal
• Paleoenvironmental Aspects of the Macrophytic Plant Assemblage from Page-Ladson
• Late pleistocene evidence
• Vertebrate Paleontology
• Non-marine Mollusca
• Mastodons (Mammut americanum) Diet Foraging Patterns Based on Analysis of Dung Deposits
• Mastodon Tusk Recovery
• Five Years in the Life of an Aucilla River Mastodon
• The Biogeochemistry of the Aucilla River Fauna
• Paleoindian Archaeology
• Early holocene evidence
• Terrestrial Soil or Submerged Sediment: The Early Archaic at Page-Ladson
• Early Holocene Vertebrate Paleontology
• Biogenic Silica as an Environmental Indicator
• Early Archaic Archaeology
• Hearths
• Conclusions
• Paleoindian Land Use
• Conclusions.