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Broken Mammoth Archaeological Project

Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene loess deposits, rich with calcium carbonate, have preserved butchered remains of birds and mammals in unequivocal stratigraphic context with human- made stone tools and hearth charcoal at three sites near Shaw Creek in the middle Tanana Valley, the Broken Mammoth, Mead, and Swan Point sites.

Submitted in section: Archaeology: Regional: North America: United States: Alaska: Broken Mammoth Archaeological Project