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The Clarksville Deer—A Case History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John E. Guilday  and
Allen D. McCrady
John E. Guilday
Affiliation:
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Allen D. McCrady
Affiliation:
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Abstract

The articulated skeleton of a deer (Odocoileus virginianus) was recovered from a depth of 10 feet under the bed of Pymatuning Creek, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in sands and silts of Pleistocene origin. A radiocarbon date of 1150 ± 100 years B.P. (I-650) and wood of broad-leaved, deciduous trees establish a Postglacial origin for the skeleton. Deposition is believed to have been effected by stream meander in reworked Pleistocene valley outwash.

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American Antiquity , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , July 1963 , pp. 109 - 111
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1963

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References

Shepps, V. C., White, G. W., Droste, J. B., and Sitler, R. F. 1959 Glacial Geology of Northwestern Pennsylvania. Topographic and Geologic Survey, Bulletin G-32, pp. 1-59. Department of Internal Affairs, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg.Google Scholar