Patterns of Appendicular Skeletal Disarticulation

A Taphonomic Investigation of the Hudson-Meng Bonebed

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9216640
AutoresBrent A Buenger (University of Kansas, autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen46
Número175
Páginas39-54
Fecha de publicación2001-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPlains Anthropologist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/2052546.2001.11932056
OpenAlexW2502621543
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas12

Information from published taphonomic research concerning bison disarticulation frequencies is compared with additional primary data from several recent bison mortality sites to aid in the assessment of patterns of appendicular skeletal disarticulation within a large Paleoindian bison bonebed. Variation in the composition of articulatedbison skeletal segments from the 1991-96 excavations at the Hudson-Meng site (25SXJJ5), Sioux County, Nebraska, is compared with a combined data set of actualistic research from several modern bison mortality sites. Comparison of naturally occurring skeletal disarticulation patterns and archaeologically recorded patterns of disarticulation at Hudson-Meng aids in evaluating the formational history of the bonebed. These data indicate that the patterns of disarticulation from within the main bonebed level at Hudson-Meng closely resemble those from modern mortality sites

Archaeology · Disarticulation · Geography · Taphonomy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology