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The Archaeology of La Calsada - A Rockshelter in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico (Paperback)
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The Archaeology of La Calsada - A Rockshelter in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico (Paperback)
Series: Texas Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series
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On a remote mountainside 2,000 meters above sea level in the
northern Sierra Madre Oriental, the rockshelter at La Calsada has
yielded basic archaeological data for one of the least understood
regions of prehistoric North America, the state of Nuevo Leon in
northern Mexico. This comprehensive site report, with detailed
information on artifacts and stratigraphy, provides baseline data
for further explorations in the region and comparisons with other
North American hunter-gatherer groups. Radiocarbon dating traces
the earliest component at the site to 8600-7500 B.C., giving La
Calsada arguably the earliest well-dated lithic complex in Mexico.
Nance describes some 1,140 recovered stone tools, with comparisons
to the archaeology of southern and southwestern Texas, as well as
reported sites in Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
From the lithic and stratigraphic analysis, Nance deduces
occupational patterns at the site, beginning with Paleo-Indian
cultures that lived in the area until about 7500 B.C. Through
changes in tool technology, he follows the rise of the Abasolo
tradition around 3000 B.C. and the appearance of a new culture with
a radically different lithic industry around 1000 A.D.
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