Abstract
The Welling site is a multi-component site located along the Walhonding River in east-central Ohio. Excavations conducted by Kent State University (KSU) in 1960 produced evidence for an early Paleoindian Clovis component, which appeared to be stratigraphically separated from later Holocene occupations. A number of charred wood samples were collected from the Clovis level, but, likely due to their extremely small size, there was no attempt made to obtain radiocarbon dates at the time. The recent transfer of the collection from KSU to the Ohio History Connection (OHC) provided the opportunity to reassess this material. All the samples are from deciduous species, but given the documented presence of all of the species in Late Pleistocene forests and the possibility that the sample represented only those species brought to the site for use as firewood, we selected two samples for AMS radiocarbon dating. The resulting dates indicate the wood was burned in fires during the Late Woodland and Post-Contact periods. These results provide additional evidence for the difficulty in obtaining reliable dates for Paleoindian sites.
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