Journal article
Paleoindian bison remains from the 12 Mile Creek Site in Western Kansas
Plains anthropologist, Vol.41(158), pp.359-372
1996
Abstract
In 1895, H. T. Martin and T. R. Overton of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History excavated a bison bone bed along the bank of 12 Mile Creek in Logan County, Kansas. In the 100 years since its discovery, archaeologists have mostly been concerned with the age of the site and the typological classification of a now-lost projectile point. Little interest has been expressed in the remains of 12 bison (Bison antiquus) also recovered. Faunal remains suggest much regarding herd demography and site formation processes. Preliminary data suggest that about 10,400 years ago a group of hunters killed the bison along the bank of a small stream. Analysis of the formational history suggests that butchery of the carcasses was limited to the removal of limbs and filleting of large muscle masses.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Paleoindian bison remains from the 12 Mile Creek Site in Western Kansas
- Creators
- M. E Hill - University of Kansas
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Plains anthropologist, Vol.41(158), pp.359-372
- Publisher
- Plains Anthropological Society
- ISSN
- 0032-0447
- eISSN
- 2052-546X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1996
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology
- Record Identifier
- 9984270194002771
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