Horse Femur - discovered, dated and in my library now.

[conibear]

Last April discovered a horse femur. Sent it to University of Colorado and just got it back with carbon-dating report. Somewhere between 1700-1940.

 

[BrentD]

Last April discovered a horse femur. Sent it to University of Colorado and just got it back with carbon-dating report. 1,940 years old.View attachment 300724View attachment 300725View attachment 300726

huh? 1940 yrs old, or 1940? There were no horses in NA in the year 83.

 

[conibear]

huh? 1940 yrs old, or 1940? There were no horses in NA in the year 83.

typo, somewhere between the years 1700-1940

 

[KipCarson]

That makes more sense, modern horses didn’t arrive back in the Americas until the early 1500s with the Spaniards from what I was taught.

 

[conibear]

That makes more sense, modern horses didn’t arrive back in the Americas until the early 1500s with the Spaniards from what I was taught.

yep, I made a mistake typing it up, wish I could delete my post.....

 

[shines@times]

Last April discovered a horse femur. Sent it to University of Colorado and just got it back with carbon-dating report. 1,940 years old.

Did you drop a digit in that number? An age of 19,000 years would make sense for a Pleistocene era horse in North America.

Or, are you contending that the femur supports theory that Amerindians spread horses across the North American continent long before contact with Europeans?

New Research Rewrites the History of American Horses

Native Americans spread the animals across the West before Europeans arrived in the region, archaeological evidence and Indigenous knowledge show

www.smithsonianmag.com

EDIT: Sorry conibear, I didn't see your reply to KipCarson before posting my questions and comments--I was googling "Pleistocene horses" to confirm 19,000 years was a fit and a possible explanation for your original posting.