| Abstrakt: |
The Ayers Rock site (INY-134) is located in southern Inyo County, California, on the northwestern edge of the Coso Volcanic Field. Excavated in the 1960s, the site yielded 130 projectile points, of which 31 are Pinto. In this article we report an obsidian hydration age computation on the Pinto points and their metric data, and compare the metrics with previously reported Pinto points from this region. The Pinto points from this site exhibit an age of 5684 ± 1445 cal B.P. (n = 16), based on obsidian hydration dating. Metrics are compared with those from 11 other Pinto sites in California and Nevada, and suggest possible cultural contact with peoples from the desert regions around Ft. Irwin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
