Gault site

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The Gault site is a major archaeological location in central Texas known for its extensive evidence of early human occupation in North America, including some of the continent’s oldest stone tools.

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Gault site canonical 3
Gault archaeological site 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleoindian archaeological site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Clovis culture ⓘ
Paleoindian cultures ⓘ
pre-Clovis cultures ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalMaterial debitage ⓘ
faunal remains ⓘ
features such as pits and hearths ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalStratigraphy deeply stratified deposits ⓘ
multiple cultural components ⓘ
hasDatingMethod optically stimulated luminescence dating ⓘ
radiocarbon dating ⓘ
hasDiscovery some of the oldest stone tools in North America ⓘ
hasEnvironment karst limestone landscape ⓘ
springs and stream terraces ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf early hunter-gatherer groups ⓘ
intensive knapping activities ⓘ
lithic raw material procurement ⓘ
long-term campsite use ⓘ
stone tool production ⓘ
hasFunctionInResearch type locality for early Texas Paleoindian studies ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus archaeologically protected property ⓘ
knownFor Clovis and pre-Clovis archaeological deposits ⓘ
evidence of early human occupation in North America ⓘ
high-density lithic artifact concentrations ⓘ
long-term stratified cultural sequence ⓘ
very early stone tool assemblages ⓘ
locatedIn Bell County, Texas ⓘ
Edwards Plateau ⓘ
Texas Hill Country region ⓘ
Williamson County, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Williamson County

central Texas ⓘ
locatedNear Salado Creek ⓘ
locatedOn Buttermilk Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy Gault School of Archaeological Research ⓘ
namedAfter Henry Gault ⓘ
partOf Southern Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains
researchSignificance important for chronology of Clovis and pre-Clovis occupations ⓘ
important for understanding early North American technology ⓘ
key site for debates on the peopling of the Americas ⓘ
subjectOf debates about pre-Clovis occupation ⓘ
numerous archaeological studies ⓘ
timeDepth Early Holocene ⓘ
Late Pleistocene ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gault School of Archaeological Research → locatedAt → Gault archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Gault site
Henry Gault → hasPropertyUsedAs → Gault archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Gault site
Clovis era → hasKeySite → Gault site ⓘ