REDATING THE MILL IRON SITE, MONTANA: A REEXAMINATION OF GOSHEN COMPLEX CHRONOLOGY Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The Paleoindian Goshen complex occurs in the northern Plains and eastern Rocky Mountains. Since its identification, there has been much discussion about the chronological placement of the Goshen complex. This is especially true because diagnostic Goshen projectile points occur stratigraphically below Folsom artifacts at two sites, and early dates from the Mill Iron site, Montana, and the Hell Gap site, Wyoming, have suggested that this point type might be coeval with Clovis or the very earliest Folsom sites. This report presents new radiocarbon dates from the Mill Iron site, reviews Goshen chronology, and revises the age of the Goshen complex as 10,450 15 to 10,175 40 radiocarbon years B.P.

published proceedings

  • AMERICAN ANTIQUITY

author list (cited authors)

  • Waters, M. R., & Stafford, T.

citation count

  • 14

complete list of authors

  • Waters, Michael R||Stafford, Thomas W Jr

publication date

  • January 2014