The Bostrom Site
A Paleo-Indian Habitation in Southwestern Illinois
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11380415 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth B Tankersley (0000-0002-2474-6283, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, corresponding author), Brad Koldehoff (Louis Berger and Associates, Inc., East Orange, New Jersey), Edwin R Hajic (Illinois State Museum, Springfield) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-69 |
| Publication date | 1993-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | North American Archaeologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0197-6931 • E-ISSN: 1541-3543 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/821j-4n00-wwkk-xhff |
| OpenAlex | W755029236 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 18 |
Recent investigations at the Bostrom site in southwestern Illinois demonstrate that the site was occupied by at least three successive groups of Paleo-Indians: Clovis, Gainey, and Holcombe. Of the artifacts for which lithic raw materials were identified, Clovis tools are manufactured from stone that was procured up to 1500 km from the site. Gainey and Holcombe artifacts, on the other hand, are manufactured from stone whose source areas occur within a radius of 300 km from the site. Early Archaic, Dalton artifacts are manufactured from stone procured within 150 km of the site. These lithic resource procurement patterns suggest that there is a dramatic fall-off in mobility, social interaction, or both, after the initial peopling of the area. The presence of Great Lakes and Northeastern tool types at this southerly latitude suggests that the Gainey and Holcombe economies were much broader than the stereotypical model of a caribou-based subsistence strategy
Agriculture · Archaeology · Geography · Lithic technology · Stone tool · Subsistence agriculture · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology
The Timing of Late Pleistocene Mammalian Extinctions in North America
An Analysis of the Chronology of Late Pleistocene Mammalian Extinctions in North America
Were Clovis Progenitors in Beringia?
Climatic Changes of the Last 18,000 Years
Lithic analysis and cultural inference
Caribou ( Rangifer Tarandus L.) Bones from New England Paleoindian Sites
Early Paleoindian Land Use, Mobility, and Lithic Exploitation Patterns
Organization and Formation Processes
Spurred End Scrapers as Diagnostic Paleoindian Artifacts
Willow Smoke and Dogs' Tails
Barren Ground Caribou (Rangifer arcticus) from an Early Man Site in Southeastern Michigan
The Clovis Blades
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2016 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |