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Hueco Tanks

TX: El Paso Co.: 1429 m.

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Location of the Hueco Tanks site.Age. Late Wisconsin. A radiocarbon date is 13,500±250 (Van Devender et al. 1987).

General Description. Rock shelter in Hueco Tanks State Park. Dates are on woodrat middens. This midden is designated Hueco Tanks #1 (Hueco Tanks #2 is very early Holocene) (Van Devender et al. 1987).

Discussion. The faunal material comes from woodrat middens (Van Devender et al. 1987).

Fauna

Microtus sp.—Vole (Van Devender et al. 1987)

Literature. Van Devender et al. 1987; Van Devender and Riskind 1979.

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Last Update: 16 Oct 2008