Arlington Springs Man site
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The Arlington Springs Man site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological locality on Santa Rosa Island in California, where some of the oldest known human remains in North America were discovered.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleoindian site
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archaeological site → prehistoric human remains site → |
| associatedWith |
Paleoindian settlement of the Americas
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early Holocene coastal environments → |
| continent |
North America
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| country |
United States
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| datingMethodUsed |
radiocarbon dating
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| discoveredBy |
Phil C. Orr
NERFINISHED
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| discoveryYear |
1959
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| estimatedAge |
Late Pleistocene
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approximately 13,000 years before present → |
| geologicalPeriod |
Pleistocene
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| hasAccessRestriction |
protected archaeological locality with restricted access
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| hasArchaeologicalCulture |
Paleoindian
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| hasDiscovery |
Arlington Springs Man remains
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Arlington Springs Woman remains → |
| hasEvidenceOf |
early coastal migration into the Americas
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maritime-adapted hunter-gatherers → |
| hasGenderInterpretation |
initially interpreted as male
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later reinterpreted as possibly female (Arlington Springs Woman) → |
| hasNameOrigin |
named after Arlington Canyon on Santa Rosa Island
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| hasNearbyFeature |
Pacific Ocean
NERFINISHED
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| hasTypeOfRemains |
fragmentary bones
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human skeletal remains → |
| isOneOf |
oldest securely dated human skeletal sites in North America
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| locatedIn |
California
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Channel Islands NERFINISHED → Santa Barbara County, California NERFINISHED → Santa Rosa Island NERFINISHED → United States → |
| locatedOn |
former landmass of Santarosae Island
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| partOf |
Channel Islands National Park
NERFINISHED
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| protectedAreaStatus |
within a U.S. national park
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| researchInstitutionInvolved |
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
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University of California, Santa Barbara NERFINISHED → |
| significance |
contains some of the oldest known human remains in North America
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evidence for early human occupation of the Channel Islands → |
| subjectOf |
archaeological research on early peopling of the Americas
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studies of early coastal migration routes → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Santa Rosa Island
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hasArchaeologicalSite |