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Geologic Framework And Glaciation Of The Central Area, Christopher L. Hill
Geologic Framework And Glaciation Of The Central Area, Christopher L. Hill
Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations
During the Late Pleistocene, the Laurentide ice sheet extended over the western interior Plains and Great Lakes region in the central of North America. This central area generally encompasses the northwestern interior Plains of North America, extending from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the western Great Lakes and Hudson Bay in the east (figs. 1-2). It includes parts of the Mackenzie River, Missouri River, and Mississippi River systems. Deglaciation of this region led to the development of landscape that were inhabited by Rancholabrean faunal communities including human groups.
Geologic Framework And Glaciation Of The Western Area, Christopher L. Hill
Geologic Framework And Glaciation Of The Western Area, Christopher L. Hill
Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations
The geological framework for western North America consists of physical landscapes (geomorphic features) and stratigraphic sequences that can be used to provide a basis for understanding the chronologic and environmental context for Late Pleistocene human populations. The Western Area includes the region of North America from the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountains and parts of the Great Basin and Colorado plateau (figs. 1-2).
Late Tertiary To Quaternary Geology And Landscape Evolution Along The Snake River Plain, Southwestern Idaho, Christopher L. Hill
Late Tertiary To Quaternary Geology And Landscape Evolution Along The Snake River Plain, Southwestern Idaho, Christopher L. Hill
Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations
The geology of the Snake River Plain in the vicinity of Melba and Murphy, in southwestern Idaho, provides evidence for changes that have occurred over the last several million years, during the late Cenozoic. Here, the local and regional geology is described and interpreted within the context of events that have contributed to the present-day landscape.
Geologic Framework And Glaciation Of The Eastern Area, Christopher L. Hill
Geologic Framework And Glaciation Of The Eastern Area, Christopher L. Hill
Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations
Late Pleistocene landscapes in glaciated eastern North America include changing ice margins, fluctuating lake and sea levels, and deglaciated physical settings that were inhabited by a variety of extinct (Rancholabrean) fauna. The glaciated East of North America consists of the mid-continent from Hudson Bay to south of the Great Lakes and extends eastward to the Atlantic coast. Glaciers were present along the Atlantic coast from southern New York north to Labrador.