Peopling of the Americas Publications

Studying the burial, which dating indicates as about 10,000 radiocarbon years old, the team noted unique morphological characteristics of the Arch Lake skeleton, found lying supine with cultural materials including talc beads, a probable bone tool, and dense red pigment associated with a unifacial stone tool. Cultural affiliation is tentative, but dating and geography of the site suggest Plainview as a possibility. The extended burial position represents a marked departure from the flexed position found at the Gordon Creek, Horn Shelter No. 2, and Wilson-Leonard sites.