River Cave Research Articles

The Date of the Cremated Burials in Njoro River Cave

One of the first radiocarbon tests for an East African site was run at Yale in the 1950s on charcoal submitted from Louis and Mary Leakey's excavation in 1938 of the mass cremated burials in Njoro River Cave, in the elevated section of the Kenya Rift Valley. This test gave a date of about 1,000 BC for the burials and the rich ‘neolithic’ assemblage, believed to be allied to, if not an integral part of, the Elmenteitan culture. Since that dating test was undertaken during the early years of the radiocarbon method, it has seemed important to have it checked, in view of the volume and variety of ‘neolithic’ materials revealed in recent years by a number of archaeologists in this region and the need to place these in chronological order. Accordingly, Dr. Harry Merrick, archaeologist with the Kenya Museums, arranged with Dr. Marc Monaghan, of the Geology and Geophysics Department at Yale, to run three more tests on charcoal which had been kept at the Museum from the 1938 excavation. This short article records ...

A Probable Pleistocene Occupation Site in Central Western Tasmania

Exploration of a minor karst area in 1979-80, during investigation of the glacial chronology of Tasmania's central West Coast Range, has revealed evidence of probable human occupation in the form of burnt and split macropod bones in a small limestone cave. The cave lies beside the Nelson River 12 km east of Queenstown at an elevation of 240m. It has been suggested that this general area of inland western Tasmania was unoccupied in both prehistoric and historic times (Jones 1968. 1974). Although the Nelson River cave provides the first evidence for prehistoric man in the river valleys inland from the West Coast Range, it is hitherto unreported to an archaeological readership. This note briefly describes the site and places it in the context of what 1s presently known of the climate in the area at the time of occupation.

: Excavations at the Njoro River Cave: Stone Age Cremated Burials in Kenya Colony . M. D. Leakey, L. S. B. Leakey.

: Excavations at the Njoro River Cave: Stone Age Cremated Burials in Kenya Colony . M. D. Leakey, L. S. B. Leakey.

Excavations at the Njoro River Cave

Excavations at the Njoro River Cave

Quaternary stratigraphy in the Davis Mountains, Trans-Pecos Texas

Research Article| September 01, 1939 Quaternary stratigraphy in the Davis Mountains, Trans-Pecos Texas CLAUDE C. ALBRITTON, JR.; CLAUDE C. ALBRITTON, JR. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar KIRK BRYAN KIRK BRYAN Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1939) 50 (9): 1423–1474. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-50-1423 Article history received: 22 Jun 1939 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation CLAUDE C. ALBRITTON, KIRK BRYAN; Quaternary stratigraphy in the Davis Mountains, Trans-Pecos Texas. GSA Bulletin 1939;; 50 (9): 1423–1474. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-50-1423 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Quaternary alluvium in valley fiats of the Davis Mountains and adjoining lowlands in Trans-Pecos Texas contains remains of extinct horse and mammoth species as well as artifacts and other cultural material. On the basis of disconformities within the valley-fill complex, the Quaternary has been divided into three formations: Neville, Calamity, and Kokernot, in order from oldest to youngest.The Neville consists mostly of reddish-brown to buff clay and silt. The Calamity contains relatively more sand and gravel than the Neville, although dark zones of humic silt and clay are characteristic of the Calamity. The Kokernot consists of incoherent silt, sand, and gravel. Caliche concretions and cement, abundant in the Neville, are uncommon in the Calamity and generally absent in the Kokernot.Only the Neville contains mammoth remains. To date, no artifacts have been found in the Neville, although the overlying Calamity formation contains artifacts, buried hearths, and human skeletons. Of several cultures represented in the Calamity, one is Pecos River Cave Dweller. The Kokernot formation contains cultural material at top and bottom ; pottery in upper layers shows that these beds were deposited within the interval 1100–1400 A. D. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.