The Camel of Time: Radiocarbon Dating the Lower Pecos Canyonlands

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dc.contributor.advisorBlack, Stephen L.
dc.contributor.authorMcCuistion, Emily Ruth
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMauldin, Raymond P.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBousman, C. Britt
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKilby, James David
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T21:15:43Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T21:15:43Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.description.abstractArchaeological radiocarbon assays Lower Pecos were compiled (n=473), spanning the Paleoindian through Proto-historic periods, including one hundred newly reported Ancient Southwest Texas Project assays. The data set was then critically vetted to identify potentially unreliable or irrelevant dates. Using Bayesian methods, the radiocarbon data are used to investigate timing of plant baking and the manufacture of fiber goods from evergreen rosettes. Relative human population fluctuations are investigated using a summed probability distribution of radiocarbon dates. The results of these analyses are compared with environmental proxy data and radiocarbon assays dating the intermittent presence of bison in the region. Correlations in these data are preliminary yet promising and warrant further investigation with more sophisticated analyses and a larger sample size of well-reported radiocarbon data.
dc.description.departmentAnthropology
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent255 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationMcCuistion, E. R. (2019). <i>The camel of time: Radiocarbon dating the Lower Pecos Canyonlands</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/9009
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectRadiocarbon dating
dc.subject14C
dc.subjectLower Pecos Canyonlands
dc.subjectEarth oven
dc.subjectBison
dc.subjectArchaeology
dc.subjectArcheology
dc.subject.lcshExcavations (Archaeology)--Texas
dc.subject.lcshPecos River (N.M. and Tex.)
dc.subject.lcshRadiocarbon dating
dc.titleThe Camel of Time: Radiocarbon Dating the Lower Pecos Canyonlands
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentAnthropology
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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