Table 1. A Combined Radiocarbon/Calendrical Timescale for Southeastern Paleoindian Assemblages. (calibrated dates derived from Stuiver et al. 1998)

Calendar BP

Radiocarbon rcbp

Stage

Culture Complex

Climatic Event

8986; 8874; 8825; 8819

8,000

8,000-9,000

Bifurcate

10,189

9,000

Early Archaic

Boreal

10,736; 10,708; 10,702

9,500

Corner Notched

11,254; 11,253; 11,234

9,900

11,545; 11,512; 11,400; 11,391; 11,340

10,000

11,687; 11,677; 11,642

10,100

Younger Dryas ends/Preboreal

11,930; 11,804; 11,768

10,200

Late Paleoindian

Early Side Notched

12,622; 12,472; 12,390

10,500

Dalton

10,500-10,800

Quad/Beaver Lake

12,899

10,800

10,800-10,900

Cumberland/Folsom

12,944

10,900

Younger Dryas begins

13,132

11,100

Middle Paleoindian

Inter-Allerød Cold Period ends

13,155

11,200

Clovis widespread

13,411

11,400

Inter-Allerød Cold Period begins

13,455

11,500

11,500-11,750

Clovis beginnings?

13,811

11,750

Allerød

14,043; 13,923; 13,858

11,950

Older Dryas ends

14,065

12,000

Little Salt Springs/ Page-Ladson

12,000-12,100

Early Paleoindian

14,100

12,100

Older Dryas begins

12,100-12,500

Monte Verde

15,084; 14,731; 14,382

12,500

15,231; 14,606; 14,449

12,600

Bølling begins

12,600-16,000

Meadowcroft (?)

19,091

16,000

Cactus Hill (?)

21,392

18,000

Initial Colonization (?)

Glacial maximum