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