X20 Level 21 Sima de las Golondrinas pronghorn tibia bone


Tibia (shinbone) of an American pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), with multiple human-made cut marks on the upper shaft and below the proximal articulation. Found in metric level 21 of excavation X-20 at Sima de las Golondrinas cave, northern Zacatecas, Mexico. Not directly dated. Chronology based on dating charcoals in related sediments: Terminal Pleistocene, 13,200—15,200 calibrated years before present (calBP).

Copyright: Ciprian F. Ardelean, Alejandro Mitrani, José Luis Ruvalcaba-Sil, LANCIC-IFUNAM, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas

Sima de las Golondrinas, Zacatecas, Mex. Excavation X-20 early materials