At Cuddie Springs, Arizona, mammoth "Eloise" was found in 12,800-year-old sediment beneath a "black mat" layer. A Clovis point jammed in her ribs showed humans hunted her just before. The overlying layer held shock quartz, nanodiamonds, melted spherules, and soot — proxies found together only at impact sites. Neither mammoths nor Clovis people ever returned to the valley.
Eloise mammoth at Cuddie Springs shows Clovis point and YDB impact layer
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Key facts
- A mammoth nicknamed "Eloise" was found buried at Cuddie Springs, Arizona, in sediment dated to 12,800 years ago, covered by the "black mat" layer.
- No mammoth skeletons or Clovis points have ever been found above this layer anywhere across the Southwest, including Arizona.
- A Clovis point was found jammed in the ribs of the mammoth skeleton, indicating human hunting before the event.
- Samples from the layer on the mammoth contained shock quartz, nanodiamonds, melted spherules, carbon spherules, and soot - all proxies found together only at impact events.
- An African elephant expert determined the mammoth was a fresh kill (dead no more than a couple of weeks) when the YDB event occurred.
- Neither mammoths nor Clovis people returned to the valley after the event, despite having been present sporadically before.
Site mentioned
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History Hikes: Murray Springs Clovis Site | Calendarsierravistaaz.gov
Note: Murray Springs has been closed by BLM due to vandalism. FSPR history walks are currently the only access to the historic site. Return to ...
Murray Springs Clovis Siteen.wikipedia.org
Murray Springs is located in southern Arizona near the San Pedro River and once served as a Clovis hunting camp approximately 11,000 years BP.
Murray Springs Clovis Site - Arizonablm.gov
The Murray Springs Clovis Site is one of the most important early human sites in North America, first excavated by Dr. Vance Haynes. The site has yielded the ...
The Murray Springs Clovis site, Pleistocene extinction ... - PMCpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
by CV Haynes Jr · 2010 · Cited by 89 — The Murray Springs black mat covers and preserves the Clovis-age landscape. Hundreds of Clovis stone artifacts in direct association with skeletons of two ...
Murray Springs Clovis Site. A Brief Overview | by Nathan Smithstudionightflight.medium.com
Murray Springs, Arizona was once a hunting camp by nomads of the Clovis culture, a population of Paleoamerican humans from the late Pleistocene era.
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