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QUATERNARY RESEARCH
卷 111, 期 -, 页码 138-147出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/qua.2022.38
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Radiocarbon reservoir; Ruppia; Early peopling of the Americas
The ancient human footprints found in the valley-bottom sediments in Tularosa Valley, New Mexico, are of significant importance as they provide insights into the interactions between Pleistocene megafauna and the timeline of human migration to North America. However, the age of these footprints has uncertainties, which may be due to the presence of a radiocarbon reservoir in the water. To reduce these uncertainties, independent dating methods need to be developed and implemented.
The ancient human footprints in valley-bottom sediments in Tularosa Valley, New Mexico, are fascinating and potentially important because they suggest interactions between Pleistocene megafauna as well as great antiquity. The dating of those footprints is crucial in interpretations of when humans first came to North America from Asia, but the ages have larger uncertainties than has been reported. Some of that uncertainty is related to the possibility of a radiocarbon reservoir in the water in which the dated propagules of Ruppia cirrhosa grew. As a test of that possibility, Ruppia specimens collected in 1947 from nearby Malpais Spring returned a radiocarbon age of ca. 7400 cal yr BP. We think it would be appropriate to devise and implement independent means for dating the footprints, thus lowering the uncertainty in the proposed age of the footprints and leading to a better understanding of when humans first arrived in the Americas.
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