AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL CHRONOLOGY FOR DAISY CAVE (CA-SMI-261), SAN-MIGUEL ISLAND, CALIFORNIA

We provide detailed contextual information on 25 C-14 dates for unusua lly well-preserved archaeological and paleontological remains from Dai sy Cave. Paleontological materials, including faunal and floral remain s, have been recovered from deposits spanning roughly the past 16,000 yr, while archaeological materials date back to ca. 10,500 sp. Multidi sciplinary investigations at the site provide a detailed record of env ironmental and cultural changes on San Miguel Island during this time period. This record includes evidence for the local or regional extinc tion of a number of animal species, as well as some of the earliest ev idence for the human use of boats and other maritime activities in the Americas. Data from Daisy Cave contribute to a growing body of eviden ce that Paleoindians had adapted to a wide variety of New World enviro nments prior to 10,000 sp. Analysis of shell-charcoal pairs, along wit h isotopic analysis of associated marine shells, supports the general validity of marine shell dating but also provides evidence for tempora l fluctuations in the reservoir effect within the Santa Barbara Channe l region.