Santa Rosa Island Arlington Springs Man dating revision

Record summary

Human remains from Arlington Springs on Santa Rosa Island were redated around the turn of the millennium, producing an age of roughly 13,000 years and strengthening discussion of early maritime movement along the Pacific Coast. The lead matters for comparing coastal adaptation, island colonization, sea-level change, and direct dating of human remains. It is not evidence for an anomalously ancient population, but it does challenge simplistic inland-only models of initial settlement. Uncertainties include the exact archaeological context and the relationship between the individual and associated island occupations.