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Page 45
... Pleistocene and Holocene developments . The Quater- nary Period is divided into the Pleistocene Epoch ( 1,600 , - 000 to 10,000 years ago ) and the Holocene , or Recent , Epoch ( the last 10,000 years ) . It represents a phase of con ...
... Pleistocene and Holocene developments . The Quater- nary Period is divided into the Pleistocene Epoch ( 1,600 , - 000 to 10,000 years ago ) and the Holocene , or Recent , Epoch ( the last 10,000 years ) . It represents a phase of con ...
Page 99
... Pleistocene earth movements Formation from 1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago , and the lakes must of the have been formed after the landscapes in which they are lakes set . The shallowness of such lakes as Albert ( maximum recorded depth ...
... Pleistocene earth movements Formation from 1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago , and the lakes must of the have been formed after the landscapes in which they are lakes set . The shallowness of such lakes as Albert ( maximum recorded depth ...
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... Pleistocene mammals were killed and butchered . The most distinc- tive artifact type of this horizon is the Clovis Fluted projectile point ( named after the site of first discovery , near Clovis , New Mexico ) ; this was a lance ...
... Pleistocene mammals were killed and butchered . The most distinc- tive artifact type of this horizon is the Clovis Fluted projectile point ( named after the site of first discovery , near Clovis , New Mexico ) ; this was a lance ...
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