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    Evaluating Claims of Early Human Occupation at Chiquihuite Cave, Mexico

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    Chatters, James C.
    Potter, Ben A.
    Prentiss, Anna Marie
    Fiedel, Stuart J.
    Haynes, Gary
    Kelly, Robert L.
    Kilby, J. David
    Lanoë, François
    Holland-Lulewicz, Jacob
    Miller, D. Shane
    Morrow, Juliet E.
    Perri, Angela R.
    Rademaker, Kurt M.
    Reuther, Joshua D.
    Ritchison, Brandon T.
    Sanchez, Guadalupe
    Sánchez-Morales, Ismael
    Spivey-Faulkner, S. Margaret
    Tune, Jesse W.
    Haynes, C. Vance
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    Affiliation
    School of Anthropology, University of Arizona
    Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
    Issue Date
    2021-10-23
    Keywords
    Chiquihuite cave
    First Americans
    Last Glacial Maximum
    Mexico
    pre-Clovis
    
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    Publisher
    Taylor and Francis Ltd.
    Citation
    Chatters, J. C., Potter, B. A., Prentiss, A. M., Fiedel, S. J., Haynes, G., Kelly, R. L., Kilby, J. D., Lanoë, F., Holland-Lulewicz, J., Miller, D. S., Morrow, J. E., Perri, A. R., Rademaker, K. M., Reuther, J. D., Ritchison, B. T., Sanchez, G., Sánchez-Morales, I., Spivey-Faulkner, S. M., Tune, J. W., & Haynes, C. V. (2021). Evaluating Claims of Early Human Occupation at Chiquihuite Cave, Mexico. PaleoAmerica.
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    PaleoAmerica
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    © 2021 Center for the Study of the First Americans.
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    This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.
    Abstract
    Archaeologists working in Mexico recently claimed evidence for pre-Last Glacial Maximum human occupation in the Americas, based on lithic items excavated from Chiquihuite Cave, Zacatecas. Although they provide extensive array of ancillary studies of the cave's chronostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental record, the data they present do not support their central argument, that these lithic items are anthropogenic and represent a unique lithic industry produced by early human occupants. They give limited consideration to the most plausible alternative explanation: that the assemblage is a product of natural processes of disintegration, roof fall, and mass movement of the cave fill, and thus the lithic materials are best explained as geofacts. We assess the evidence by considering the alternative hypotheses (1) that the observed phenomena are artifacts or (2) that they result from natural processes. We conclude that hypothesis 2 is more strongly supported and that Chiquihuite Cave does not represent evidence for the earliest Americans.
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    18 month embargo; published online: 23 October 2021
    ISSN
    2055-5563
    EISSN
    2055-5571
    DOI
    10.1080/20555563.2021.1940441
    Version
    Final accepted manuscript
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    10.1080/20555563.2021.1940441
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