Gault site
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The Gault site is a major archaeological location in central Texas known for its extensive evidence of early human occupation in North America, including some of the continent’s oldest stone tools.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gault site canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleoindian archaeological site
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Clovis culture
ⓘ
Paleoindian cultures ⓘ pre-Clovis cultures ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalMaterial |
debitage
ⓘ
faunal remains ⓘ features such as pits and hearths ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalStratigraphy |
deeply stratified deposits
ⓘ
multiple cultural components ⓘ |
| hasDatingMethod |
optically stimulated luminescence dating
ⓘ
radiocarbon dating ⓘ |
| hasDiscovery | some of the oldest stone tools in North America ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
karst limestone landscape
ⓘ
springs and stream terraces ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
early hunter-gatherer groups
ⓘ
intensive knapping activities ⓘ lithic raw material procurement ⓘ long-term campsite use ⓘ stone tool production ⓘ |
| hasFunctionInResearch | type locality for early Texas Paleoindian studies ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | archaeologically protected property ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Clovis and pre-Clovis archaeological deposits
ⓘ
evidence of early human occupation in North America ⓘ high-density lithic artifact concentrations ⓘ long-term stratified cultural sequence ⓘ very early stone tool assemblages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bell County, Texas
ⓘ
Hill Country of Texas ⓘ
surface form:
Edwards Plateau
Hill Country of Texas ⓘ
surface form:
Texas Hill Country region
Williamson County ⓘ
surface form:
Williamson County, Texas
central Texas ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Salado Creek ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Buttermilk Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Gault School of Archaeological Research ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Henry Gault ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Plains
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Great Plains
|
| researchSignificance |
important for chronology of Clovis and pre-Clovis occupations
ⓘ
important for understanding early North American technology ⓘ key site for debates on the peopling of the Americas ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
debates about pre-Clovis occupation
ⓘ
numerous archaeological studies ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
Early Holocene
ⓘ
Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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