Dr. Christopher Moore

N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
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Published 2018-11-09
Dr. Christopher Moore examines the changing paleo-environments of the Southeastern Coastal Plain and the ways in which humans adapted to their shifting world many millennia ago. His recent publications include articles on identifying ancient animal blood residues from stone tools in South Carolina and Georgia, and the possible impact of a comet fragment at the end of the Paleoindian Clovis period. Dr. Moore has also initiated the White Pond Human Paleoecology Project examining evidence from geologic cores and archaeological excavations to link the early prehistoric human record with periods of climate change recorded in the lake sediments over the last 13,000 years.
All Comments (21)
  • @michaelpaparelli3227
    People moved more freely and were more advanced than we give them credit for. WONDERFUL presentation.
  • @redriver6541
    The fact that "people weren't ready to accept" pre Clovis in archaeology makes me shake my head...... I live 10 minutes from the Adams site in Western Kentucky and we have many Paleo sites around this area. I personally know of at least 23 of them in a 20 mile radius. I hunt them for artifacts very often. I've tried to reach out to professors to give them the info I've gathered, but I've never gotten a response. It has always fascinated me and I've hunted artifacts (surface and creek) for the last 25 years. Thank you so much for sharing this video.
  • @dalealexander6719
    Excellent UPDATE in 2018. Blood analyses data new to me. Appreciate. I learned.
  • @mariansmith7694
    Younger Dryas is a fact now, as is pre-Clovis habitation in North America extending back as far as 50,000 + years.
  • @jamesruddy9264
    An excellent and enlightening presentation. Thanks for posting it.
  • @katyaflippinov9197
    This so cool. Been interested in the earliest ancestors of our species since I saw 2 tiny, postage stamp-sized photos of cave paintings in Lascaux, France when I was no more than 7. The more I know, the more fascinating the past becomes. I don't know why it took so long for this to show up on my YouTube feed. I did searches of Clovis People and points. There is another man who is interested in the mass extinction of the Megafauna. His work involves eliptical cratering which he believes to be evidence of an asteroid impact during the time period which you also posit. It's been a while ... this is just a side interest (a passion, of many, to me). So glad this showed up on my feed. Hope your work is going still going well and you continue to make your findings & theories available to the rest of us who also share in your fascination. Thanks so much for posting this.
  • @johnmaccallum7935
    Great presentation on a fascinating subject, one would think there'd be many more views and comments, well done.
  • @rogerdudra178
    It is good to hear you talk about the YD in realistic terms.
  • @djrojas
    This was a really fantastic presentation
  • @gailsanders5200
    Even for a beginner like me, this was great information presented in a way I can understand! Thank you.
  • @ronaldhuffstatler6062
    Where in Siberia did you find Clovis points as far as I know Dennis Standford said he didn't find them in Siberia!
  • @saundrabarnhill564
    I stumbled on this trying to find info on the artifacts that I have found. Thank you for the excellent presentation of early human life along the Southern Coast. I will contact someone in your organization.
  • @raywalker9218
    Nice! I've been out of school a long time, so this is new to me. For all it's bad points, the internet is one of the best things to happen to humanity {does anyone remember encyclopedias?}, if we can keep it free from censorship.
  • @frankparrish5657
    How to flute a Clovis Point without breaking it: Take two slats of oak, shaped like they are cut out of a yard stick 10 to 12cm long. Pitch glue two buttons of wood to one end of each, four buttons total. wrap the tip of your Clovis preform in a one inch strip of buckskin/leather twice around. Wrap the two boards onto the point with the tip sandwiched flat and the buttons at the base, with a piece of string or cordage. Flute with an antler billet, works every time. Good luck everyone!
  • @annastebelskyj580
    Very interesting! There don't seem to be many videos on YouTube regarding eastern Clovis, even though supposedly there is more material from the east than say Texas and New Mexico. I have no idea how the algorithm managed to recommend this to me, and I wouldn't have known the subject if not for the thumbnail. I highly recommend changing the video title to better reflect the content. I'd be very interested in more content regarding the immunological analyses. I very much appreciate that this particular team had artifacts from multiple strata analysed, giving a much better picture of changing ecological conditions through the lense of human utilization of resources. Previously, this was inferred from the changes in "toolkits" in stratified assemblages, but to have that backed up by blood proteins is just beyond cool.