Research ArticleARCHAEOLOGY
Pre-Clovis occupation 14,550 years ago at the Page-Ladson site, Florida, and the peopling of the Americas
- Jessi J. Halligan1,*,†,
- Michael R. Waters2,3,4,*,†,
- Angelina Perrotti3,
- Ivy J. Owens5,6,
- Joshua M. Feinberg7,8,
- Mark D. Bourne7,8,
- Brendan Fenerty9,
- Barbara Winsborough10,
- David Carlson3,
- Daniel C. Fisher11,
- Thomas W. Stafford Jr12 and
- James S. Dunbar13
- 1Department of Anthropology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
- 2Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
- 3Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
- 4Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
- 5Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QE, UK.
- 6The Charles McBurney Laboratory for Geoarchaeology, Division of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK.
- 7University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
- 8Institute for Rock Magnetism, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
- 9Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
- 10Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78705, USA.
- 11Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
- 12Stafford Research Laboratories, Lafayette, CO 80026, USA.
- 13Aucilla Research Institute Inc., 555 North Jefferson Street, Monticello, FL 32344, USA.
- ↵†Corresponding author. Email: jhalligan{at}fsu.edu (J.J.H.); mwaters{at}tamu.edu (M.R.W.)
↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Science Advances 13 May 2016:
Vol. 2, no. 5, e1600375
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600375
Vol. 2, no. 5, e1600375
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600375
Jessi J. Halligan
1Department of Anthropology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
Michael R. Waters
2Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
3Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
4Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Angelina Perrotti
3Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Ivy J. Owens
5Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QE, UK.
6The Charles McBurney Laboratory for Geoarchaeology, Division of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK.
Joshua M. Feinberg
7University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
8Institute for Rock Magnetism, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Mark D. Bourne
7University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
8Institute for Rock Magnetism, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Brendan Fenerty
9Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Barbara Winsborough
10Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78705, USA.
David Carlson
3Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Daniel C. Fisher
11Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Thomas W. Stafford Jr
12Stafford Research Laboratories, Lafayette, CO 80026, USA.
James S. Dunbar
13Aucilla Research Institute Inc., 555 North Jefferson Street, Monticello, FL 32344, USA.
