Geoarchaeological investigations at the Topper and Big Pine Tree sites, Allendale County, South Carolina Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The Topper and Big Pine Tree sites are located along the central Savannah River in South Carolina. Both sites contain significant Clovis horizons and the Topper site is reported to contain a pre-Clovis assemblage characterized by a smashed core and microlithic industry. The stratigraphic position of the early assemblage at Topper is indeed below Clovis and radiocarbon and luminescence ages support its pre-Clovis age. However, the human origin of the proposed artifacts has not been conclusively proven. The late Quaternary stratigraphic sequence developed for this segment of the Savannah River provides support for a regional pattern of river metamorphosis over the last 50,000 years in southeastern U.S. streams. 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Waters, M. R., Forman, S. L., Stafford, T., & Foss, J.

citation count

  • 21

complete list of authors

  • Waters, Michael R||Forman, Steven L||Stafford, Thomas W Jr||Foss, John

publication date

  • January 2009