The Pumpkin Creek Site (Lv-49) is an archaeological site dating from the Archaic period in northern Love County, Oklahoma, which is along Oklahoma's border with Texas. The site was occupied from 7,000-9,5000 BP. Evidence indicates the site was occupied while humans made tools from high quality stone found here and then departed the site,[1][2] returning when additional stone tools were needed. It is estimated that only 5% of the original site remains due to heavy erosion. It is 2 acres (0.81 ha) and lies on a hillside. Artifacts have been donated to the Stovall Museum, now the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.[1] During its use, there was more rainfall and vegetation in the present day. Humans ceased using the site circa 7,000 BP when the region became very dry and arid.[3]
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edit- ^ a b Wyckoff, Don G.; Taylor, Lyonel (February 1971). "The Pumpkin Creek Site: An Early Archaic Camp on the Southern Plains Border". Plains Anthropologist. 16 (51). Plains Anthropological Society: 20–51. JSTOR 25666971.
- ^ "Love County". Oklahoma State University Library. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
- ^ "The Pumpkin Creek Site". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
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