Drilled Bear Canine Teeth from an Archaeological Site in East-Central Kansas

Bibliographic Data

ID11205482
AuthorsRobert J Hoard (0000-0002-9577-5321, Kansas Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume46
Issue2
Pages109-124
Publication date2021-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMidcontinental Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0146-1109 • E-ISSN: 2327-4271
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5406/23274271.46.2.01
OpenAlexW4312256696
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

A minimum of 14 drilled bear canine teeth associated with 5 human teeth and fragmented bone from a surface exposure in east-central Kansas indicate contact between groups participating in the Hopewell social network in the American Midwest. Drilled, polished, ground, and scored bear teeth, along with a range of exotic and symbolic artifacts, are characteristic of Hopewell burial sites. The Kansas site, 14LY405, where the bear teeth were found marks the southwestern extent of the known distribution of sites with a specific kind of drilled bear canines and helps define the boundary of the Hopewell social network in the Great Plains

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