The Kennewick Skeleton: Chronological and Biomolecular Contexts
Issue Date
2001-01-01Keywords
Washingtonfossil man
lower Holocene
skeletons
Benton County Washington
Kennewick Man
Kennewick Washington
Hominidae
Homo
Primatesamino acidsartifactsbiogeographyanthropologyTheriaEutheriaaccuracyorganic acidsMammaliaarchaeologyHolocenechronologyChordataTetrapodaVertebratabiochemistryorganic compoundsUnited StatesbonesCenozoicQuaternaryC 14carbondatesisotopesradioactive isotopesabsolute age
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Taylor, R. E., Smith, D. G., & Southon, J. R. (2001). The Kennewick skeleton: Chronological and biomolecular contexts. Radiocarbon, 43(2B), 965-976.Journal
RadiocarbonDescription
From the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Jerusalem, Israel, June 18-23, 2000.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
A human skeleton recovered near Kennewick, Washington, USA in 1996 has been dated to the early Holocene on the basis of multiple radiocarbon determinations, an analysis of a style of a temporally diagnostic projectile point found embedded in the ilium of the skeleton, and geological investigations of the locality where the skeleton was recovered. Based on morphological criteria, the Kennewick skeleton, which is one of the most complete early Holocene human skeletons recovered so far in the Western Hemisphere, appears to be more similar to those of modern South Asians and Europeans than to modern Native Americans or to contemporary indigenous populations of Northeast Asia.Type
Proceedingstext