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

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Jenkins, Dennis L., Davis, Loren G., Stafford, Thomas W., Jr., Campos, Paula F., Hockett, Bryan, Jones, George T., Cummings, Linda Scott, Yost, Chad, Connolly, Thomas J., Yohe, Robert M., II, Gibbons, Summer C., Raghavan, Maanasa, Rasmussen, Morten, Paijmans, Johanna L. A., Hofreiter, Michael, Kemp, Brian M., Barta, Jodi Lynn, Monroe, Cara, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., and Willerslev, Eske

Abstract:

The Paisley Caves in Oregon record the oldest directly dated human remains (DNA) in the Western Hemisphere. More than 100 high-precision radiocarbon dates show that deposits containing artifacts and coprolites ranging in age from 12,450 to 2295 ¹⁴C years ago are well stratified. Western Stemmed projectile points were recovered in...

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Hofreiter,10 Brian M. Kemp,11 Jodi Lynn Barta,11,12 Cara Monroe,11,13 M. Thomas P. Gilbert,3 Eske