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A Clovis well at the type site 11,500 B.C.: The oldest prehistoric well in America
Author(s) -
Haynes C. Vance,
Stanford Dennis J.,
Jodry Margaret,
Dickenson Joanne,
Montgomery John L.,
Shelley Philip H.,
Rovner Irwin,
Agogino George A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
geoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1520-6548
pISSN - 0883-6353
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6548(199906)14:5<455::aid-gea6>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - prehistory , archaeology , pleistocene , excavation , holocene , geology , blackwater , geography , environmental engineering , engineering
An enigmatic circular pit uncovered during archaeological excavations at the Clovis type site, Blackwater Draw, New Mexico, in 1964 has been reexposed and posited as a water well excavated by Clovis people around 11,500 B.C. The prehistoric well, the oldest in the New World, was probably a dry hole. Other Clovis wells may exist in the area. The excavation of wells near where there had been surface water shortly before adds to the evidence for drought during the Pleistocene‐Holocene transition. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.