New dates on northern yukon artifacts: holocene not upper pleistocene.

Science (New York, N.Y.) ·Vol. 232 ·No. 4751 ·1986-05-09 ·Pages 749-51

Nelson DE, Morlan RE, Vogel JS, Southon JR, Harington CR

Abstract

New radiocarbon dates on four artifacts that were thought to provide evidence for human occupation of the Yukon Territory during the upper Pleistocene indicate that all four are of late Holocene age. The original radiocarbon age obtained for one artifact (the so-called "Old Crow flesher") was in error by almost 26,000 years.

Authors & Affiliations

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Nelson D E

Morlan R E

Vogel J S

Southon J R

Harington C R

Article Info

Journal

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Abbr.

Science

ISSN

0036-8075

DOI

10.1126/science.232.4751.749

Published

1986-05-09

Pages

749-51

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404511

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1126/science.232.4751.749 View journal details

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