Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Spring 2015
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Resource Management
Committee Chair
Patrick M. Lubinski
Second Committee Member
Karl D. Lilquist
Third Committee Member
Patrick T. McCutcheon
Abstract
The 2005 discovery of a 17,000 year old mammoth bonebed in close proximity to a possible artifact at the Wenas Creek Mammoth Site (WCMS) brought with it the question of whether the bones and artifact were actually deposited together. If the two are associated, the WCMS would qualify as a Pre-Clovis site, a title given to just a handful of proven archaeological sites in North America, though claimed for numerous more. A close interval particle size analysis was performed on 2 column samples from the WCMS with the intention of identifying microstratification that would separate the bonebed from the artifact. Although no conclusive evidence for microstratification was determined through this test, other processes could still explain the close proximity positioning of the artifact and the bonebed.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Genevieve, "Using Particle Size Analysis to Separate the Deposition of a Bonebed and Artifact at the Wenas Creek Mammoth Site" (2015). All Master's Theses. 145.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/145
Language
English