To: SunkenCiv
Well, Clovis ruled (under so-called calibrated radiocarbon dates) 13,325 - 12,975 cal before present... Understood. The problem lay with my own confusion concerning the age, era, epoch, etc labels. Any time I see "cene" at the end of a time period I automatically think ancient, as in way back. Thanks for your patient explanations.
FGS
12 posted on
07/23/2004 7:45:58 PM PDT by
ForGod'sSake
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To: ForGod'sSake
My pleasure, glad I could help. I'm not sure when the Pleistocene ended, probably 10000 years back. Our own time is (often) called the Holocene. :') I dunno where that name came from offhand. For that matter, I dunno where the name Pleistocene came from, or the preceding period name, Pliocene. Or even if any of these names are still all that current. :'o
13 posted on
07/23/2004 8:59:16 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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