Prehistoric Water Wells on the Southern High Plains: Clues to Altithermal Climate

1987 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Meltzer ◽  
Michael B. Collins
Keyword(s):  
High Plains ◽  
Southern High Plains ◽  
Water Wells

Altithermal Archaeology and Paleoecology at Mustang Springs, on the Southern High Plains of Texas

1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Meltzer
Keyword(s):  
Direct Evidence ◽  
Adaptive Strategies ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Southern High Plains ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Middle Holocene ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Water Wells ◽  
Age Estimates

Excavations at Mustang Springs on the southern High Plains of Texas have yielded a relatively fine-grained record of late Pleistocene to middle Holocene environments and climate. The site contains over 60 Altithermal age water wells, direct evidence of the human adaptive response to this locally severe drought and of a drop in the water table of nearly 3 m. New radiocarbon dates from the wellfield are substantially earlier than previously published age estimates, putting the age of well digging in a brief period at the onset of the Altithermal. Human adaptive strategies during this period are yet undetermined, but the evidence points to generalized and highly mobile strategies and to the conclusion that this wellfield is surely not unique. The geology of Mustang Springs helps explain the scarcity of other Altithermal age sites on the southern High Plains.

Soil and soil organic carbon effects on simulated Southern High Plains dryland Cotton production

2021 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 105040
Author(s):  
Steven A. Mauget ◽  
Sushil K. Himanshu ◽  
Tim S. Goebel ◽  
Srinivasalu Ale ◽  
Robert J. Lascano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Cotton Production ◽  
Southern High Plains

scholarly journals Cotton cultivar response to potassium fertilizer application in texas’ southern high plains

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nana Yaw O. Kusi ◽  
Katie L. Lewis ◽  
Gaylon D. Morgan ◽  
Glen L. Ritchie ◽  
Sanjit K. Deb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Potassium Fertilizer ◽  
Southern High Plains ◽  
Cotton Cultivar

Apparent Electrical Conductivity, Soil Properties and Spatial Covariance in the U.S. Southern High Plains

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. F. Bronson ◽  
J. D. Booker ◽  
S. J. Officer ◽  
R. J. Lascano ◽  
S. J. Maas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Spatial Covariance ◽  
Southern High Plains ◽  
Apparent Electrical Conductivity ◽  
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