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Artifact from Deposits of Mid-Wisconsin Age in Illinois

Authors :
Munson, Patrick J.
Frye, John C.
Source :
Science; December 1965, Vol. 150 Issue: 3704 p1722-1723, 2p
Publication Year :
1965

Abstract

Discovery of an artifact of human manufacture imbedded in Roxana loess, classed as Altonian substage of the Wisconsin stage of the Pleistocene, of an age of 35,000 to 40,000 years, contributes to the determination of the age of man in the New World.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00368075 and 10959203
Volume :
150
Issue :
3704
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Science
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs60059973
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.150.3704.1722