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The geology and fossil vertebrates of Ventana Cave
stratigraphy and archaeology of Ventana Cave, Arizona, by Emil W. Haury; collaborators: Kirk Bryan [and others • Tucson • Published In 1950 • Pages: 75-126
By: Bryan, Kirk.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document was written before the invention of Carbon-14 dating and when the study of the geology of the Pleistocene and early Holocene in the United States was just getting started so other methods had to be used to date the deposits. Bryan attempts to use the glacial advances and other climatic episodes as a way of describing and dating some of the stratum, including ones in Europe and throughout North America. Bryan describes the geologic history and some of the climate of the area around Ventana cave for the last 25,000 years. He concludes the lower cemented beds were deposited between 25,000-10,000 years ago. And that Strata 1-3 are younger than 4500 years ago.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Desert Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 11,000-58 BP (9000 BC-AD 1942)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ventana cave, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Kirk Bryan
- For bibliographical references see document 15:Haury
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 51000802
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Arizona
- Indians of North America
- Ventana Cave (Ariz.)