Late Pleistocene Horses of Dry Cave, Eddy County, New Mexico

1980 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Harris ◽  
L. S. W. Porter
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Late Pleistocene

LIFE ON THE PLAYA: ICHNOLOGICAL FILM CLIPS FROM LATE PLEISTOCENE NEW MEXICO, USA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bustos ◽  
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Matthew R. Bennett ◽  
Daniel Odess ◽  
Jeffrey S. Pigati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Film Clips

scholarly journals Two New Late Pleistocene Avifaunas From New Mexico

The Condor ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 721-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecka L. Brasso ◽  
Steven D. Emslie
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Great Basin ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
New Records ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Subalpine Forest ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Aegolius Funereus ◽  
Boreal Owl ◽  
Gymnogyps Californianus

Abstract We report two new late Pleistocene avifaunas from New Mexico, recovered from Sandia Cave during archaeological excavations by F. Hibben in the 1930s and the nearby Marmot Cave excavated in 2000. The fossil assemblage from Sandia Cave consists of at least 30 taxa, including seven extralimital and two extinct species, Coragyps occidentalis (extinct vulture) and Ectopistes migratorius (Passenger Pigeon). The avifauna from Marmot Cave is limited to eight taxa shared with Sandia Cave. Two new records of Gymnogyps californianus (California Condor) are reported from these sites, as well as new records of Lagopus sp. (ptarmigan), Aegolius funereus (Boreal Owl), and Micrathene whitneyi (Elf Owl) from New Mexico. Two new radiocarbon dates on fossil G. californianus from Sandia and Marmot cave are reported at 10 795 ± 50 and 25 090 ± 220 14C years before present (B.P.), respectively. These collections provide further evidence for mixed avian communities in New Mexico during the late Pleistocene and are similar to other cave avifaunas of comparable age from the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain regions. The birds from Sandia Cave that are shared with other fossil avifaunas include species currently found in arctic tundra, boreal, and steppe habitats, as well as open, xeric communities. This collection provides additional evidence for widespread steppe-tundra, shrub, and subalpine forest environments at lower elevations of western North America during the late Pleistocene.

Late Pleistocene Human Friction Skin Prints from Pendejo Cave, New Mexico

1996 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Chrisman ◽  
Richard S. MacNeish ◽  
Jamshed Mavalwala ◽  
Howard Savage
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
New World ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Human Origin ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Human Construction ◽  
Botanical Remains

In the excavation of Pendejo Cave (FB 9366) near Orogrande, New Mexico, 16 friction skin imprints were found in five stratified zones on clay nodules, baked at over 120°C. After careful analysis, expert dermatoglyphologists determined that these imprints had positive primate characteristics. The imprints are probably of human origin, since no other primates are known to have existed in prehistoric New Mexico. Eight of the imprints occurred in three well-dated zones falling in the late Pleistocene. These zones have direct radiocarbon dates between 12,000 and 37,000 B.P. In addition to their association with radiocarbon determinations, the prints come from three of 24 stratified zones, intensively studied by geologists and pedologists, that are dated in sequence by 34 other radiocarbon determinations acquired from four different laboratories. The imprints are associated with a column of over 35,000 paleontological specimens and more than 15,000 botanical remains. These specimens indicate Pleistocene changes and supply evidence of human transportation and modification of various materials. The prints are also associated with artifacts, ecofacts, features of human construction, and human remains. The imprint specimens therefore provide evidence of Pleistocene human occupation in the New World.

Sorex preblei from the Late Pleistocene of New Mexico

1993 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur H. Harris ◽  
Leslie N. Carraway
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Late Pleistocene

A Mammoth-Ivory Semifabricate from Blackwater Locality No. 1, New Mexico

1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Saunders ◽  
C. Vance Haynes ◽  
Dennis Stanford ◽  
George A. Agogino
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
North America ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Upper Paleolithic ◽  
Type Site ◽  
Archaeological Cultures ◽  
First Time

A carved segment of mammoth ivory recently recognized in a faunal collection from the Clovis type site at Blackwater Draw, New Mexico, reveals for the first time techniques employed by Clovis Paleoindians for working ivory and adds a new trait element shared between the archaeological cultures of the Eurasian Upper Paleolithic and the late Pleistocene Clovis complex of North America.

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