Clovis Age Western Stemmed Projectile Points and Human Coprolites at the Paisley Caves

D. L. Jenkins; L. G. Davis; T. W. Stafford; P. F. Campos; B. Hockett; G. T. Jones; L. S. Cummings; C. Yost; T. J. Connolly; R. M. Yohe; S. C. Gibbons; M. Raghavan; M. Rasmussen; J. L. A. Paijmans; M. Hofreiter; B. M. Kemp; J. L. Barta; C. Monroe; M. T. P. Gilbert; E. Willerslev

doi:10.1126/science.1218443

Clovis Age Western Stemmed Projectile Points and Human Coprolites at the Paisley Caves

D. L. Jenkins
, L. G. Davis
, T. W. Stafford
, P. F. Campos
, B. Hockett
, G. T. Jones
, L. S. Cummings
, C. Yost
, T. J. Connolly
, R. M. Yohe
, S. C. Gibbons
, M. Raghavan
, M. Rasmussen
, J. L. A. Paijmans
, M. Hofreiter
, B. M. Kemp
, J. L. Barta
, C. Monroe
, M. T. P. Gilbert
, E. Willerslev

University of Oregon, Eugene
Oregon State University
University of Copenhagen
Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office
Hamilton College, NY
PaleoResearch Institute, Colorado
California State University, Bakersfield.
University of York
Washington State University

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Abstract

The Paisley Caves in Oregon record the oldest directly dated human remains (DNA) in the WesternHemisphere. More than 100 high-precision radiocarbon dates show that deposits containingartifacts and coprolites ranging in age from 12,450 to 2295 14 C years ago are well stratified.Western Stemmed projectile points were recovered in deposits dated to 11,070 to 11,340 14 C yearsago, a time contemporaneous with or preceding the Clovis technology. There is no evidence ofdiagnostic Clovis technology at the site. These two distinct technologies were parallel developments,not the product of a unilinear technological evolution. “Blind testing” analysis of coprolites by anindependent laboratory confirms the presence of human DNA in specimens of pre-Clovis age.The colonization of the Americas involved multiple technologically divergent, and possiblygenetically divergent, founding groups.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	223-228
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science
Volume	337
Issue number	6091
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1218443
Publication status	Published - 13 Jul 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Jenkins, D. L., Davis, L. G., Stafford, T. W., Campos, P. F., Hockett, B., Jones, G. T., Cummings, L. S., Yost, C., Connolly, T. J., Yohe, R. M., Gibbons, S. C., Raghavan, M., Rasmussen, M., Paijmans, J. L. A., Hofreiter, M., Kemp, B. M., Barta, J. L., Monroe, C., Gilbert, M. T. P., & Willerslev, E. (2012). Clovis Age Western Stemmed Projectile Points and Human Coprolites at the Paisley Caves. Science, 337(6091), 223-228. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1218443

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