03514nam a22004455i 4500 978-1-4020-4694-0 DE-He213 20260521092112.0 cr nn 008mamaa 100301s2006 ne | s |||| 0|eng d 9781402046940 99781402046940 10.1007/978-1-4020-4694-0 doi Webb, S. David. editor. First Floridians and Last Mastodons: The Page-Ladson Site in the Aucilla River [electronic resource] / edited by S. David Webb. Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006. XXV, 588 p. 143 illus., 37 in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Geology -- Underwater Excavation Methods -- Geography and Geomorphology of the Aucilla River Region -- Stratigraphy and Sedimentation -- Carbon Dates -- Pleistocene-Early Holocene Climate Change: Chronostratigraphy and Geoclimate of the Southeast US -- Paleobotany -- Setting the Stage: Fossil Pollen, Stomata, and Charcoal -- Paleoenvironmental Aspects of the Macrophytic Plant Assemblage from Page-Ladson -- Late pleistocene evidence -- Vertebrate Paleontology -- Non-marine Mollusca -- Mastodons (Mammut americanum) Diet Foraging Patterns Based on Analysis of Dung Deposits -- Mastodon Tusk Recovery -- Five Years in the Life of an Aucilla River Mastodon -- The Biogeochemistry of the Aucilla River Fauna -- Paleoindian Archaeology -- Early holocene evidence -- Terrestrial Soil or Submerged Sediment: The Early Archaic at Page-Ladson -- Early Holocene Vertebrate Paleontology -- Biogenic Silica as an Environmental Indicator -- Early Archaic Archaeology -- Hearths -- Conclusions -- Paleoindian Land Use -- Conclusions. This book presents the multidisciplinary results of an extensive underwater excavation in north Florida which yields the most complete results of interactions between early Paleoindians and late Pleistocene megafauna, especially Mammut americanum (American Mastodon), in a rich environmental context in eastern North America. It provides fundamental insights into two urgent issues: "The Peopling of the Americas" and "The Extinction of the Megafauna". The authors describe and illustrate their unique methods of precise underwater excavations. They show how these techniques allowed them to collect a diversity of zoological, botanical and cultural material with outstanding organic preservation. The last section of the book provides a wealth of new evidence from the early Holocene about the flora and climate and how early Archaic people subsisted after the megafauna became extinct. An excellent color photo section expresses the unique setting and adventure of this project, extensively supported by National Geographic Society. LIFE SCIENCES. PALEONTOLOGY. ANTHROPOLOGY. ARCHAEOLOGY. GEOSCIENCES. BIOGEOSCIENCES. ANTHROPOLOGY. ARCHAEOLOGY. PALEONTOLOGY. SpringerLink (Online service) Springer eBooks Printed edition: 9781402043253 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4694-0 Ver el texto completo en las instalaciones del CICY ZDB-2-EES ddc ER 36899 36899 0 0 ddc 0 0 LE CICY CICY EL 2025-10-06 0 2025-10-06 08:45:13 2025-10-06 ER